Appetite
['æpɪtaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a feeling of craving something; 'an appetite for life'; 'the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible'- Granville Hicks.
伊夫林整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
(n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
(n.) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
(n.) Tendency; appetency.
(n.) The thing desired.
校對:普拉特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Desire, longing, craving, relish, hankering, pruriency, appetency, passion.[2]. Hunger, stomach, desire of food.
尤金伲亚整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency,want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness
ANT:Repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy
編輯:帕特里克
解釋/意思:
n. physical craving accompanied with uneasy sensation (hunger thirst sex): natural desire: inclination: desire for food: hunger (with for).—adjs. Ap′petible Ap′petitive.—v.t. Ap′petise to create or whet appetite.—ns. Appetise′ment; Appetis′er something which whets the appetite.—p.adj. Appetis′ing.—adv. Appetis′ingly.
杰西編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
錄入:莉娜
例句/造句/用法:
- He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Nancy (who has a fine appetite) looked pleased. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Nothing like dissecting, to give one an appetite,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer, looking round the table. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- That one has taken my appetite, the gypsy said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Kindness or esteem, and the appetite to generation, are too remote to unite easily together. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Well, it takes all sorts to make a world, and the professor hasn't let it take his appetite away. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- We'll take a snack, and order dinner at the little inn--the Lennard Arms, it used to be,--and go and get an appetite in the forest. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It didn't affect your appetite? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But my curiosity will be past its appetite; it craves food now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In less than an hour, I mentioned that the air of the river had given me an appetite, and Sophia, of course, had never been so hungry in all her life! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It is time lost, muttered Cedric apart and impatiently, to speak to him of aught else but that which concerns his appetite! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I saw reawakening appetite in the Roman nostrils of Mr. Wopsle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But soon your appetite will return; it _must_ return--that is, I pray God it may. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- When the mind touches the body through the appetites, we acknowledge the responsibility of the one to the other. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is from the principle of comparison that both these irregular appetites for evil arise. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In some individuals, appetites naturally dominate; they are assigned to the laboring and trading class, which expresses and supplies human wants. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- From reason moreover proceeds the proper control of the lower elements of human nature--the appetites and the active, motor, impulses. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The curates had good appetites, and though the beef was tough, they ate a great deal of it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- When they were dressed, the three of them walked quickly back to breakfast, for the morning air had developed their appetites enormously. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Boys have generally excellent appetites. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Which appetites do you mean? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The sheep and ox are deprived of all these advantages; but their appetites are moderate, and their food is of easy purchase. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Of this kind is the desire of punishment to our enemies, and of happiness to our friends; hunger, lust, and a few other bodily appetites. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- How could I gauge your appetites or number your band? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The senses are connected with the appetites, with wants and desires. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He wanted sex to revert to the level of the other appetites, to be regarded as a functional process, not as a fulfilment. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I expected every moment that my master would accuse the _Yahoos_ of those unnatural appetites in both sexes, so common among us. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
校對:史蒂文