always wanting more of something; not able to be satisfied 不知足的;无法满足的 an insatiable appetite/curiosity/thirst 永不满足的食欲/好奇心/渴望 There seems to be an insatiable demand for more powerful computers. 人们对计算机性能的要求似乎永无止境。 The public seems to have an insatiable appetite for celebrity news. 公众对名人新闻的渴求似乎永无餍足。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInsatiable is used with these nouns:- appetite
- curiosity
- demand
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French insaciable or Latin insatiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + satiare ‘fill, satisfy’, from satis ‘enough’.