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单词 unquenchable
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Definition of unquenchable in English:

unquenchable

adjective ʌnˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)lˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)l
  • Not able to be quenched.

    不能熄灭的;不能遏止的

    his enthusiasm was unquenchable

    他的热情是无法遏制的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the action heats up, though, there's no mistaking that Shay Sweet burns with a seemingly unquenchable sexual thirst.
    • Brown's purpose is to meet as far as prudently possible the public's apparently unquenchable thirst for ever more spending on the National Health Service.
    • But an unquenchable thirst for victory allied to sheer stubbornness has got this Celtic side where they are and they weren't for ending this game minus all three points.
    • Dipping into these with tortilla chips or crackers is the perfect way to produce unquenchable thirst in your guests.
    • Sex without babies, unless of course you are a man with an unquenchable thirst for thirty-somethings - then there's usually no way out: nappies are back.
    • The magazines had an unquenchable thirst for short stories.
    • Your thirst for knowledge is unquenchable; life for you is an endless quest to learn more.
    • It was the public's unquenchable thirst for celebrity gossip, argues Ken, that led the paparazzi to hound her to her death.
    • Saltwater fish, poor things, have an unquenchable thirst, because they are constantly being dehydrated by the saltier sea all around them.
    • He established his credentials as a top-class winger with the Wellington Hurricanes and is quick, powerful and with an unquenchable thirst for tries.
    • I have since a young age been very curious, and my fathers initial push into me reading books was the drink to my unquenchable thirst for knowledge i still have today.
    • Other NBC correspondents have told me stories about your seemingly unquenchable thirst for reporting.
    • One of them is the professor from New Mexico, where apparently there is an unquenchable thirst for Victorian poetry.
    • Whether it's a scandal in the Royal Family or a lord who's been up to no good, we seem to have an unquenchable thirst for the passionate exploits of the nobility.
    • He was too tired right now to enter an argument - his strength and vitality sapped dry by the unquenchable thirst of battle.
    • Anthony McGrath, 173 not out in the first innings, resumed on 42 and his thirst for runs remained unquenchable.
    • On his quest he meets a bizarre array of treasure hunters, profiteers and traffickers, all with an unquenchable thirst for the hoard that has eluded man for centuries.
    • It was the unquenchable thirst of Manchester's growing urban population that started the Thirlmere reservoir project in 1890.
    • But to her, it was just an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
    • But the world's unquenchable thirst suggests that these stocks won't be running dry anytime soon.
    Synonyms
    uncontrolled, unconstrained, unrestricted, unchecked, unbridled, unlimited, unfettered, unshackled, untrammelled, uninhibited, unconfined, unimpeded, unhampered, unbounded, boundless, unsuppressed, undisciplined, uncontrollable, out of control, out of hand

Derivatives

  • unquenchably

  • adverb
    • As Orlando's attitude toward the gypsies gradually alters, Woolf hints that she is reverting to class and type by perceiving her natural and human surroundings as unquenchably romantic.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Greenberg, unquenchably confident, simply shook his head and smiled.
      • Nearly every building was damaged in some way, either from the flames that unquenchably consumed them, or slashed and destroyed by plasmic and energy weapons.
      • We journalists become terribly vulnerable when confronted with potential stories that we desperately and unquenchably desire to be true, despite evidence to the contrary.
      • The unquenchably popular Anne of Green Gables is once again the lead production at the 36th annual Charlottetown Festival, with a new actor in the role of Canada's most famous redhead.

Definition of unquenchable in US English:

unquenchable

adjectiveˌənˈkwen(t)SHəb(ə)lˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)l
  • Not able to be quenched.

    不能熄灭的;不能遏止的

    his enthusiasm was unquenchable

    他的热情是无法遏制的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But an unquenchable thirst for victory allied to sheer stubbornness has got this Celtic side where they are and they weren't for ending this game minus all three points.
    • Sex without babies, unless of course you are a man with an unquenchable thirst for thirty-somethings - then there's usually no way out: nappies are back.
    • Dipping into these with tortilla chips or crackers is the perfect way to produce unquenchable thirst in your guests.
    • Brown's purpose is to meet as far as prudently possible the public's apparently unquenchable thirst for ever more spending on the National Health Service.
    • Whether it's a scandal in the Royal Family or a lord who's been up to no good, we seem to have an unquenchable thirst for the passionate exploits of the nobility.
    • When the action heats up, though, there's no mistaking that Shay Sweet burns with a seemingly unquenchable sexual thirst.
    • But to her, it was just an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
    • Saltwater fish, poor things, have an unquenchable thirst, because they are constantly being dehydrated by the saltier sea all around them.
    • He was too tired right now to enter an argument - his strength and vitality sapped dry by the unquenchable thirst of battle.
    • Your thirst for knowledge is unquenchable; life for you is an endless quest to learn more.
    • It was the unquenchable thirst of Manchester's growing urban population that started the Thirlmere reservoir project in 1890.
    • Other NBC correspondents have told me stories about your seemingly unquenchable thirst for reporting.
    • I have since a young age been very curious, and my fathers initial push into me reading books was the drink to my unquenchable thirst for knowledge i still have today.
    • Anthony McGrath, 173 not out in the first innings, resumed on 42 and his thirst for runs remained unquenchable.
    • It was the public's unquenchable thirst for celebrity gossip, argues Ken, that led the paparazzi to hound her to her death.
    • The magazines had an unquenchable thirst for short stories.
    • He established his credentials as a top-class winger with the Wellington Hurricanes and is quick, powerful and with an unquenchable thirst for tries.
    • One of them is the professor from New Mexico, where apparently there is an unquenchable thirst for Victorian poetry.
    • On his quest he meets a bizarre array of treasure hunters, profiteers and traffickers, all with an unquenchable thirst for the hoard that has eluded man for centuries.
    • But the world's unquenchable thirst suggests that these stocks won't be running dry anytime soon.
    Synonyms
    uncontrolled, unconstrained, unrestricted, unchecked, unbridled, unlimited, unfettered, unshackled, untrammelled, uninhibited, unconfined, unimpeded, unhampered, unbounded, boundless, unsuppressed, undisciplined, uncontrollable, out of control, out of hand
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