insatiable
insatiable — 形容詞
- insatiablepositive
- more insatiablecomparative
- most insatiablesuperlative
1. used to describe a desire, need, or interest that is so strong that no amount of
無法滿足
欲望或需求極強，再多也無法滿足
used to describe a desire, need, or interest that is so strong that no amount of what you want will ever feel like enough to make you fully content.
Theo's curiosity about machines was insatiable — he took apart every clock in the house.
Theo 對機械的好奇心是無法滿足的——他把家裡的每個時鐘都拆開了。
linking verb + insatiable + about + noun
No praise could satisfy Priya's insatiable need for approval from the people she admired.
任何讚美都無法滿足 Priya 對她所崇拜之人給予認可的渴求。
insatiable + need + for + noun phrase
The young entrepreneur had an insatiable drive to build something bigger than herself.
那位年輕的企業家有著無法滿足的動力，想要打造出比自己更宏大的事業。
insatiable + drive + to-infinitive
Diego's insatiable appetite for adventure took him from the Andes to the Arctic in three years.
Diego 對冒險有著無法滿足的渴望，讓他在短短三年內從安地斯山脈一路遠征到北極。
- insatiable appetite / hunger / thirst (for something)
- insatiable curiosity / desire / need (for something)
- insatiable drive / ambition / greed
- unquenchable
stronger and more physical; often used for literal thirst or fire, but also metaphorically for desire
- voracious
focuses on consuming things eagerly, especially food or information; less abstract than insatiable
- unappeasable
very formal and less common; suggests a negative, destructive desire that cannot be calmed
文法句型
insatiable + noun (appetite / curiosity / desire / hunger / thirst)
be / seem / become + insatiable
insatiable + for + something
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (appetite, curiosity, hunger, desire, thirst, drive, ambition) or after be/seem/become followed by 'for' to specify the object of desire. Cannot be directly followed by a to-infinitive clause — instead use 'insatiable + noun + to-infinitive' as in 'an insatiable desire to…'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- insatiably副詞C1
- insatiability名詞C2
- satiate動詞C1
- satiable形容詞C2