Avidity
[ə'vɪdəti]
解释:
(n.) Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
校对:杜鲁门
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Eagerness, longing, yearning, intense desire.[2]. Greediness, craving, voracity, rapacity, voraciousness, ravenousness, canine appetite.
整理:露丝
解释:
n. eagerness: greediness.—adj. Av′id greedy: eager.
阿尔塔编辑
例句:
- The avidity, the _alieni appetens_[10] is the same; it is the fear of the gallows that makes the difference. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- A little more, St. John--look at the avidity in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- It was a revenue, too, of a nature to excite in human avidity the most extravagant expectation of still greater riches. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- My friend rubbed his thin hands together with an appearance of avidity which was a surprise to me, who knew his frugal tastes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- She poured out a cup, and drank it with a frightful avidity, which seemed desirous of draining the last drop in the goblet. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I wish he could have witnessed the horrible avidity with which Oliver tore the bits asunder with all the ferocity of famine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- My active mind, when once it seized upon this new idea, fastened on it with extreme avidity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The great profits of the Venetians tempted the avidity of the Portuguese. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The servant obeyed; few words were spoken on either side; but those were caught at with avidity by the intended victim. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The avidity, however, which suggested this notable piece of mercantile ingenuity, most probably disappointed itself of its object. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They were read with avidity, and soon translated into different languages. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- It was accepted with avidity and with thanks. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I did not take hold of my studies with avidity, in fact I rarely ever read over a lesson the second time during my entire cadetship. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Their avidity, however, upon this, as well as upon many other occasions, disappointed itself of its object. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
编辑:菲利普