汉英词典
MEANING OF 欲壑难填
欲壑难填
(慾壑難填)
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
欲 desire / 壑 Deep valley / Describe the desire is like a deep valley, it is difficult to fill / Refers to the greedy and cannot be met
贪欲像深沟一样很难填平。形容贪心太重﹐难以满足。
| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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这个人是一个欲壑难填的变态色情狂。 The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable. | ||
营销人员所犯的第一个错误就是他们的欲壑难填。 The first mistake marketers make is that they want more. | ||
男人能得到什么就要什么。女人偏偏得不到什么要什么。知足常乐，欲壑难填。 What man wants all he can get. What woman wants all she can't get. | ||
很多网友对欲壑难填的蠹虫深恶痛绝，但也有人态度谨慎，认为清单的出处不明，未必值得相信。 While many netizens hated these leeches, they were also cautious because the origin of the form was unclear and therefore not credible. | ||
