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Meaning of 饥渴

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
饥 jī 渴 kě (Trad.: 飢渴)
hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
Example Sentences
1
就是心里那种真正想看的饥渴愿望
,
才使得人们到外地去旅行的
。
It is the hunger to really see which drives people to travel to strange places.
2
我饥渴的心大声疾呼
:
我们为什么要放弃这样的地方
,
我们为什么不永远在这里停留呢
?
Why, oh why, had we to leave such spots behind, cried my thirsting heart, why could we not stay on there for ever?
3
英国阿伯丁大学的科学家们指出基因开关
-
即控制细胞内基因的脱氧核糖核酸
(
DNA
)
-
能调节人的饥渴
。
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen say a genetic switch - DNA which turns genes on or off within cells - regulates appetite and thirst.
4
如果还有什么比死于饥渴的躯体更能使人痛心的话
,
那一定是由于得不到光明而死去的灵魂了
。
If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body perishing for lack of bread, it is a soul which is dying from hunger for the light.
5
在这次竞选的整个第一年里
,
与所有预测相反
,
我们看见了美国人民对于这种团结的话语是多么饥渴
。
Throughout the first year of this campaign, against all predictions to the contrary, we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity.