1desire for food胃口ADJECTIVE | VERB + APPETITE | APPETITE + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, enormous, gargantuan, good, healthy, hearty, huge, insatiable, large, ravenous很大的胃口;好胃口;旺盛的食慾;無法滿足的胃口◇special double-decker sandwiches for big appetites為胃口大的人特意準備的雙層三明治➤poor, small食慾不振;小胃口◇The symptoms of depression can include poor appetite.抑鬱症的症狀包括食慾不振。◇I have always had a small appetite.我一向胃口不大。➤jaded (BrE) 吃膩了的胃口◇magnificent meals to tempt the most jaded appetites能勾起最沒胃口的人食慾的美餐VERB + APPETITE➤have有胃口◇She had no appetite and began to lose weight.她食慾不振,體重開始下降。➤lose喪失食慾▸➤build, build up, develop, work up促進食慾;提起胃口;引起食慾◇I went for a walk to work up an appetite for breakfast.我去散了一會兒步,以便早餐能有胃口。➤get back, regain恢復食慾;恢復胃口◇After a week she had regained her appetite.一週後她又有了食慾。➤give sb使某人有胃口◇All that digging has given me an appetite.一通挖掘後我有了食慾。➤increase, stimulate增加/刺激食慾◇The cold air had given an edge to my appetite.冷空氣使我的食慾增加。➤control, curb, decrease, reduce, suppress, take away, take the edge off (especially BrE) 控制食慾;使食慾下降;減少食慾;抑制食慾;帶走食慾;倒胃口◇Some drugs can suppress the appetite.有些藥可抑制食慾。➤ruin, spoil破壞胃口;倒胃口◇This is something you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite.這個你可以在正餐之間吃而不影響你的胃口。➤satisfy滿足食慾◇This meal will satisfy even the healthiest appetite.不管有多大胃口,這一餐都能滿足了。APPETITE + VERB➤grow, increase食慾增強;胃口增大▸➤come back, return食慾恢復;胃口恢復◇His appetite has returned to normal.他的胃口已恢復正常。PHRASES➤a lack of appetite, a loss of appetite沒胃口;沒食慾◇The symptoms include aching limbs and a loss of appetite.症狀包括四肢痠痛和沒食慾。appetite
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2strong desire for sth渴求ADJECTIVE | VERB + APPETITE | APPETITE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, huge, insatiable, voracious極大的慾望;強烈的慾望;永不滿足的慾望;貪慾◇an insatiable appetite for books對書籍永不滿足的慾望➤growing越來越大的慾望◇The airport cannot accommodate the growing appetite for flights.這家機場無法滿足越來越多的航班需求。➤public大眾的需求◇The website recognizes the public appetite for serious information.這家網站意識到大眾渴望瞭解嚴肅的資訊。➤sexual性慾➤intellectual智力上的需求◇The website has enough good content to satisfy its users' intellectual appetite.這家網站有足夠多的優質內容,能滿足用戶智力上的需求。VERB + APPETITE➤have有慾望▸➤lose喪失慾望▸➤give sb使某人有慾望▸➤feed, fuel, increase, whet助長/激起/提高/增強慾望◇Reading the first story whetted my appetite for more.讀第一個故事激起了我繼續讀下去的慾望。➤dull壓抑慾望▸➤sate, satisfy滿足慾望◇He sated her appetite for adventure and intrigue.他滿足了她喜歡冒險和耍詭計的慾望。➤indulge縱容慾望◇We get into debt to indulge our appetite for consumer goods.我們縱容自己對消費品的需求,結果負債了。APPETITE + VERB➤grow, increase欲慾萌動/增強PREPOSITION➤appetite for想得到⋯的慾望◇His appetite for power had grown.他對權力的渴望增強了。