汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 如飢似渴
如飢似渴 (如饥似渴)
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly / to long for sth
Describes that the request is very urgent, as if hungry and anxious to eat, thirsty and anxious to drink water
犹言如饥如渴。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

约瑟夫·史密斯是一个如饥似渴的藏书家。

Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.

如饥似渴地喝完了整瓶可口可乐。

He drank the whole bottle of coco-cola thirstily.

他低位与对手争抢篮板,对上场时间如饥似渴

He banged in the post, fought for some rebounds, and looked hungry for playing time.

如饥似渴地望着她。多美的眼睛啊!多好的皮肤啊!

He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!

她才12岁时,就开始买报纸并如饥似渴地阅读。

She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12.

在茫茫的书海中如饥似渴地寻找我所想要的书。

I devoured in the boundless sea of books to find the very book I want.

感谢你们出了这本极为有趣的杂志,我每个月都如饥似渴地读它。

Thank you for a most entertaining magazine, which I read avidly each month.

如饥似渴的阅读和吸收科特的一字一句,仿佛它们都是为我而写。

I read and absorbed Kurt's words as if they were written especially for me.

罗梅罗在20岁时参军入伍,在驻地图书室里如饥似渴地读书,最终上了夜大、加州大学,然后就读医学院。

Drafted into the Army at 20, Romero devoured every book in the post library, ultimately attending community college at night, then the University of California, then medical school.

如饥似渴地学习不同国家的历史,但没能用孟加拉语完成他已经着手的一部历史作品。

He was a keen student of the history of different countries and had begun but could not complete a historical work in Bengali.