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ravenous adj.1.貪食的,貪婪的。2.餓極了的;渴望的。adv...

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The ground was still cover d with snow , tho not so deep and dangerous as on the mountains , and the ravenous creatures , as we heard afterwards , were come down into the forest and plain country , press d by hunger to seek for food ; and had done a great deal of mischief in the villages , where they surpriz d the country people , kill d a great many of their sheep and horses , and some people too 地上仍有積雪,不過沒有山里那么深,因而走起來也不那么危險了。后來,我們聽說,那些兇猛的野獸由于餓急了,都從山上下來跑到樹林和平原上來尋找食物。它們襲擊村莊和居民,咬死許多羊和馬,甚至還傷了一些人。

Shelter from the heat of the sun , 3dly . security from ravenous creatures , whether men or beasts , 4thly . a view to the sea , that if god sent any ship in sight , i might not lose any advantage for my deliverance , of which i was not willing to banish all my expectation yet 我根據自己的情況,擬定了選擇住所的幾個條件:第一,必須如我上面所說的,要衛生,要有淡水第二,要能遮蔭第三,要能避免猛獸或人類的突然襲擊第四,要能看到大海,萬一上帝讓什么船只經過,我就不至于失去脫險的機會,因為我始終存有一線希望,遲早能擺脫目前的困境。

We made signs of thanks to them , for we had nothing to make them amends ; but an opportunity offer d that very instant to oblige them wonderfully , for while we were lying by the shore , came two mighty creatures one pursuing the other , as we took it with great fury , from the mountains towards the sea ; whether it was the male pursuing the female , or whether they were in sport or in rage , we could not tell , any more than we could tell whether it was usual or strange , but i believe it was the latter ; because in the first place , those ravenous creatures seldom appear but in the night ; and in the second place , we found the people terribly frighted , especially the women 我們打著手勢向他們表示感謝,因為我們拿不出什么東西答謝他們。說來也巧,正當此時,出現了一個大好機會,使我們大大地還了他們的人情。當時,突然有兩只巨獸從山上向海岸邊沖來看那樣子,好像后一只正在追逐前一只,究竟他們是雌雄相逐,還是戲耍或爭斗,我們也弄不清楚。

Ravenous , and now very faint , i devoured a spoonful or two of my portion without thinking of its taste ; but the first edge of hunger blunted , i perceived i had got in hand a nauseous mess ; burnt porridge is almost as bad as rotten potatoes ; famine itself soon sickens over it 我孤零零地站著,但己經習慣于那種孤獨感,并不覺得十分壓抑,我倚在游廊的柱子上,將灰色的斗篷拉得緊緊地裹著自己,竭力忘卻身外刺骨的嚴寒,忘卻肚子里折磨著我的饑饉,全身心去觀察和思考。

That i ought to consider i had been fed even by miracle , even as great as that of feeding elijah by ravens ; nay , by a long series of miracles , and that i could hardly have nam d a place in the unhabitable part of the world where i could have been cast more to my advantage : a place , where as i had no society , which was my affliction on one hand , so i found no ravenous beast , no furious wolves or tygers to threaten my life , no venomous creatures or poisonous , which i might feed on to my hurt , no savages to murther and devour me 應該說,正是由于發生了一系列的奇跡,我至今還能活著。在世界上所有荒無人煙的地區,我感到沒有一個地方會比我現在流落的荒島更好了。雖說這兒遠離人世,形單影只,使我非常苦惱,但這兒沒有吃人的野獸,沒有兇猛的虎狼害我性命,沒有毒人的動物和植物,吃下去會把我毒死,更沒有野人會把我殺了吃掉。

We sent for this guide , who told us , he would undertake to carry us the same way with no hazard from the snow , provided we were armed sufficiently to protect our selves from wild beasts ; for he said , upon these great snows , it was frequent for some wolves to show themselves at the foot of the mountains , being made ravenous for want of food , the ground being covered with snow : we told him , we were well enough prepar d for such creatures as they were , if he would ensure us from a kind of two - legged wolves , which we were told , we were in most danger from , especially on the french side of the mountains 他對我們說,他愿意從原路把我們帶過去,不會遇到大雪的阻礙,但我們必須多帶武器,防備野獸的襲擊,因為,他說,大雪過后,經常有些狼在山腳下出沒。因為遍地大雪,它們找不到食物,已經餓慌了。我們告訴他,我們對狼這一類野獸已有充分的準備不過,他能否保證我們不會遇到兩條腿的狼,因為,我們聽說,這一地區十分危險,經常會受到強人的搶劫,尤其是在法國境內。

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of israel , thou , and all thy bands , and the people that is with thee : i will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort , and to the beasts of the field to be devoured 你必倒在以色列的眾山之上,你所有的軍隊和跟你在一起的萬族,都必這樣;我要把你給各種食肉的飛鳥和田野的走獸作食物。

The value of these commitments is now four - to - five times greater than those on exchanges owing to investors ' ravenous appetite for financial products that parcel up and repackage risk 由于投資者對利潤的追逐冒險的胃口越來越大,對這種資產重組打包之類的金融產品更感興趣,此類交易比在場內的交易量還要大4到5倍。

I think you re a couple of children without an ounce of common sense between you . but i also think that i m ravenous , and the sooner you do say yes , the sooner we ll have supper “我看你們兩個都是孩子,都很幼稚,但是我現在肚子已經很餓了,你們早一點講好,我們就可以早一點吃夜宵。 ”

Mangy ravenous brute sniffling and sneezing all round the place and scratching his scabs and round he goes to bob doran that was standing alf a half one sucking up for what he could get 接著,這狗就轉悠到正請阿爾夫喝半品脫酒的鮑勃多蘭跟前,向他討點兒什么吃的。

Then with those r ? ntgen rays searchlight you could . at duke lane a ravenous terrier choked up a sick knuckly cud on the cobble stones and lapped it with new zest 在公爵巷,一只貪吃的狗正往鵝卵石路面上吐著一攤令人惡心的肘骨肉,然后又重新熱切地舔著。

Moppets of the depression and before were uncomplicated , ravenous little rascals and ruddy - faced katzenjammers of simple wants and slapstick antics 經濟大蕭條時期前后的孩子們既單純,又粗俗,游手好閑,嬉笑打鬧,整日漲紅著臉,四處酗酒。

They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed , glad - hearted , and ravenous ; and they soon had the camp - fire blazing up again 他們回到露營地時,神采奕奕,興致勃勃,卻也饑腸轆轆不久他們把那篝火又撥旺了。

Mt . 7 : 15 beware of false prophets , who come to you in sheep ' s clothing , but inwardly they are ravenous wolves 太七15你們要提防假申言者,他們到你們這里來,外面披著綿羊的皮,里面卻是貪食的狼。

The ass of wickedness will come next , swift against the goldsmiths , but slow against the wolves ' ravenous appetites 邪惡的驢會接著來到,立刻靠著金匠,但緩慢地倚著狼貪婪的胃口。

Instead of being one with the father , they became one with the ravenous wolf and cared not for the sheep ( v . 12 ) 他們沒有與父是一,反而與貪婪的狼是一,并且不愛惜羊( 12 ) 。

His appetite became ravenous and his caloric intake doubled , yet he lost 10 kg 他的胃口變得很大,食物熱量增加2倍,但體重卻減輕了10公斤。

I was working so hard that i forgot to have lunch and now i ' m ravenous 我太努力工作了,以至于忘記了吃午餐,現在我都快餓暈了!

Who ' s ravenous . besides me 誰能比我更貪婪?