voraciousness

• 名词，指过度或贪得无厌的欲望，尤指对食物或财富的渴望。也可指狼吞虎咽、贪婪无度的状态。

A noun describing an excessive or insatiable desire, particularly for food or wealth.

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1. Excessive desire to eatC1formal

   An intense and often uncontrolled craving for food, going beyond normal hunger.

   贪食

   • His voraciousness at the buffet shocked the other guests.
   • The animal's voraciousness led it to consume everything in sight.
   • She tried to control her voraciousness, but the smell of fresh bread was irresistible.

   同义词edacityesuriencegluttonygreedinessravenousness

2. Extreme gluttonyC1formal

   The habit or behavior of eating or drinking excessively, often to the point of waste or harm.

   暴食

   • Medieval texts often condemned the sin of voraciousness.
   • His voraciousness was legendary; he could finish a whole roast chicken by himself.
   • The feast was a display of pure voraciousness, with mountains of food disappearing quickly.

   同义词edacitygluttonygreedgreedinessrapaciousnessrapacityravenousnessvoracity

   反义词abstemiousnessmoderationtemperance

3. Excessive desire for wealthC2formal

   An insatiable greed for acquiring large amounts of money or material possessions.

   贪婪

   • The corporate raider's voraciousness for profit knew no bounds.
   • His voraciousness for wealth eventually led to his downfall.
   • The novel critiques the voraciousness of the upper class during the industrial revolution.

   同义词avariceavariciousnesscovetousnesscupiditygreedrapacity

   反义词contentmentgenerositymoderationtemperance