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insatiable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·sa·tia·ble /ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl/ adjective  WANTSATISFIEDalways wanting more and more of something 贪得无厌的,不能满足的insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for something) his insatiable appetite for power 他对权力的贪得无厌 our insatiable thirst for knowledge 我们对知识永无止境的渴求insatiably adverb
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insatiableHis curiosity about the natural world is insatiable.an insatiable appetite for attentionShe had an insatiable thirst for attention.Humankind seems to have an insatiable urge to conquer and explore.insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for something)As one would expect of two old pros with an insatiable appetite for the game, we hardly stopped talking about football.I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.She named him Albert, and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes.The fact is no government can meet the insatiable demand for ever more sophisticated medical technology by an ageing population.The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite.The observer has an insatiable desire for abstract knowledge.Their observations concerning the insatiable appetite for immediate team success from the age of eight are so relevant.Whatever the financial climate, there still seemed an insatiable desire to build more office space, rentable or not.
Origin insatiable (1400-1500) Old French Latin insatiabilis, from satiare to satisfy
in·sa·tia·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus wanting always more more of and something


insatiable
insatiable /ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl/ adjective
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin insatiabilis, from satiare 'to satisfy'
always wanting more and more of something
    insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for something)
    his insatiable appetite for power
    our insatiable thirst for knowledge
—insatiably adverb


in·sati·ableBrE /ɪnˈseɪʃəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈseɪʃəbl/ 🔊 adjectivealways wanting more of sth; not able to be satisfied 不知足的;无法满足的an insatiable appetite/curiosity/thirst 永不满足的食欲/好奇心/渴望There seems to be an insatiable demand for more powerful computers. 人们对计算机性能的要求似乎永无止境。🔊🔊 in·sati·ably BrE /ɪnˈseɪʃəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈseɪʃəbli/ 🔊 adverb