ravenous

英 [ˈrævənəs]

美 [ˈrævənəs]

adj.  极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.22776 / COCA.19381

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其饥饿的
  extremely hungry
  1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
     午饭吃什么？我饿死了。
• 严重的；十分的
  very great
  1. a ravenous appetite
     极强的食欲

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 非常饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
  If you areravenous, you are extremely hungry.
  1. Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.
     埃米意识到自己从离开布鲁顿大街之后什么东西都没吃，她饿极了。
  2. ...a pack of ravenous animals.
     一群饿极了的动物

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningvoraciouswolfish
• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:famishedsharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• On the demand side, China's ravenous appetite for steel, iron ore, coal, petroleum, grains, oilseeds and so on pushed prices to vertiginous heights until its abrupt economic slowdown this year helped bring them crashing down again.
  在需求方面，中国对钢铁、铁矿石、煤、石油、谷类、油籽等商品庞大的渴求，将大宗商品价格推升至令人眩晕的高度，直到今年其经济突然放缓，才使这些价格再次急速回落。
• In a sense a company becomes a ravenous, selfish child who must be fed with cash, energy and passion – in the hope that one day the baby will grow up and repay all that effort.
  某种意义上讲，公司是一个必须用资金、精力和热情喂养的孩子，贪婪而自私，企业家希望有朝一日这个孩子长大成人，回报之前所有的努力。
• China's1.4 billion people are rapidly urbanising and ravenous for all the goods they couldn't have a generation ago.
  中国的14亿人口正在经历快速的城市化进程，面对那些琳琅满目的前所未有的商品，他们进行着“饥饿性”消费。
• He HAD the look of a man who could smell red meat, a ravenous, voracious manner as he collected his scalp.
  他那样活象一个闻到牛肉味就要扑上去大嚼一顿的人，其贪得无厌的神态就象他搜集战利品一样。
• In the meantime, Chinese lenders will continue to turn to the government and to capital markets to satisfy their ravenous appetite for fresh capital.
  与此同时，中资银行将继续求助于政府和资本市场，来满足其对新鲜资本的贪婪需求。
• Mongolia is wedged between Russia and China, the latter a ravenous market.
  蒙古夹在俄罗斯和中国之间，而中国是一个资源饥渴的市场。
• Lack of shuteye on a regular basis makes you ravenous for another reason. After poor sleep, you're more likely to have serious fatigue and brain fog.
  经常缺乏睡眠是使你感到饿，这种现象还有一个原因：睡眠缺乏后，你更有可能产生严重的大脑疲劳和脑雾。
• The team is also fending off the ravenous English tabloids, hungering for whatever Beckham tidbit they can find.
  球队还在努力挡开那些贪婪的英国小报，他们饥渴地想要找到任何和贝克汉姆有关的珍闻。
• Drawn with ravenous hunger to the man what bears the black spot.
  带着一群无尽欲望的人来寻找手中有黑点的人。
• Don't push back lunch until you are ravenous.
  不要推迟午饭，直到您贪婪。