appetite for

基本解釋

He spent a lot of money in satisfying the appetite for excitement and amusement.
他花錢如水，以求滿足興奮和歡娛的欲望。
《新英漢大辭典》
But whether it was a failure to inherit this capacity, or that the unfavourable environment of which I have told proved the stronger, my appetite for milk was grievously wanting.
也不知是我沒有從他那里繼承到這種能力，還是由于我之前提到的家庭的不利環(huán)境，我對于牛奶的食欲卻是可悲地缺乏。
But Ahmed Wali enjoys strong support from his brother in Kabul and the Americans seem to have lost their appetite for getting rid of him, perhaps on the grounds that this is the devil they know.
但艾哈邁德瓦利從他喀布爾的兄弟那里享受著強(qiáng)有力的支持，而美國人似乎已經(jīng)失去了擺脫掉他的胃口，可能是因?yàn)檫@就是他們所知道的那個(gè)惡魔。

But Security Council members Russia and China have shown little appetite for another round of sanctions.
An ear and an appetite for these sounds of sense is the first qualification of a writer, be it of prose or verse.
這些感性的聲音的耳朵和胃口,是作家最基本的素質(zhì)，不論是寫散文還是詩歌。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選
Blood is the symbol of life: that's a connection that's made elsewhere in the Bible. Leviticus 17, So blood is the biblical symbol for life, but God is going to make a concession to the human appetite for power and violence.
血是象征著生命，聯(lián)系,血由上帝創(chuàng)造，所以說血在圣經(jīng)中象征著生命，但是上帝卻要為,人類對權(quán)力和暴力的渴望而妥協(xié)。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Daiei is these days considered a test of the government's appetite for painful change.
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