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词汇 voraciousness
释义 voraciousness
noun[ U ]
uk /vəˈreɪ.ʃəs.nəs/ us /vəˈreɪ.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of being very eager to have a lot of something: 如饥似渴;贪婪
They ate with the voraciousness of hungry children.他们像饥饿的孩子一样贪婪地吃着。
Her high intellect and her voraciousness for learning seem wasted.她的高智商和她对学习的饥渴似乎被浪费了。
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voracious
She inherited her mother's musical voraciousness.
He would ask for food frequently, and eat with great voraciousness.
The Pacific has been gobbling up the California coast with growing voraciousness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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parched
ravenously
smack your lipsidiom
starvation
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thirst
thirstily
thirsty
undernourished
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Examples of voraciousness


voraciousness
The very voraciousness with which television consumes all kinds of music suggests that it has little concern for music as music at all.
I do not wish to base my case today on the voraciousness or oppressiveness of employers in the industry.
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Throughout the women are made repellently beautiful - they have a neon voraciousness.
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