| 单词 | appetite |
| 释义 | ap·pe·tite /ˈæpətaɪt/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable usually singular, uncountable]HUNGRY/WANT TO EAT a desire for food 胃口，食欲 Her husband always had a huge appetite. 她丈夫向来胃口极大。 Symptoms include tiredness and loss of appetite. 症状包括疲倦和食欲不振。2 [countable]WANT a desire or liking for a particular activity 欲望；喜爱appetite for She has an amazing appetite for knowledge. 她求知欲极强。 People seem to have an insatiable appetite (=always wanting more of something) for news of any kind. 人们好像对任何一种新闻都有无穷的兴趣。 a loss of sexual appetite 性欲减退 → whet somebody’s appetite at whet(1) COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa good/healthy appetite 好胃口Growing children should have a healthy appetite. 正在发育的孩子应该有好胃口。a big/huge/enormous appetite 胃口大/极大By the time Ron was 16 he had an enormous appetite. 罗恩16岁时胃口已经很大了。a poor appetite 胃口不好A poor appetite may be a sign of illness. 食欲不振可能是患病的征兆。a small appetite 胃口小 nMy aunt only had a small appetite.verbshave an appetite 有胃口There’s lots of food – I hope you have a good appetite. 食物很多——希望你胃口好。lose your appetite 失去胃口She was so miserable that she completely lost her appetite. 她痛苦不堪，食欲全无。give somebody an appetite (also stimulate your appetite formal) 使某人胃口大开The exercise and fresh air had given us an appetite. 运动和新鲜空气令我们胃口大开。nThe aroma of the herbs and spices helps stimulate the appetite. spoil/ruin your appetite (=make you not feel like eating a meal) 破坏食欲，影响胃口Don’t give the children any more sweets – it will spoil their appetite. 别再给孩子们吃糖了——会破坏他们的食欲的。phrasesloss/lack of appetite 食欲不振Symptoms include fever and loss of appetite. 症状包括发烧和食欲不振。nI’m a bit worried about her lack of appetite.Examples from the Corpusappetite• She must be growing; she's got a big appetite right now.• Even when Emma had gone her appetite had not slackened.• How's his appetite? Is he getting enough to eat?• His appetite was enormous, but he never seemed to put on an ounce of weight.• The public has an insatiable appetite for scandal and political controversy.• Gao Yang knew it belonged to him, but he had no appetite.• The dangers of the climb up Mt. Washington only whetted our appetite for more adventure.• The Rockefeller episode vividly demonstrates the Republican appetite for strife.• Thompson claimed he had an insatiable sexual appetite.• These transmitters modulate many of the functions impaired by depression - sleep, appetite, motivation, pleasure and so on.• He has a tremendous appetite for hard work.• Don't eat any cake now. You'll spoil your appetite.insatiable appetite• She named him Albert, and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes.• 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.• The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite.• Their observations concerning the insatiable appetite for immediate team success from the age of eight are so relevant.• The underlying problem is the insatiable appetite of modern political campaigns for ever more cash.Origin appetite (1300-1400) Old French apetit, from Latin, past participle of appetere “to try to get”, from ad- “to” + petere “to look for”ap·pe·tite noun →COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable desire Corpus for food a |
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