1) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
voracious <> abstemious, easily sated, lack of appetite
voracious : satisfy
【近】edacious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, avid
【考法1】adj. 有很大食量的，贪吃的： having a huge appetite
【例】 He has a voracious appetite. 他的食量惊人。
【近】 edacious, esurient, gluttonous, swinish
【反】 abstemious, abstentious 有节制的
【考法2】adj. 贪婪的，如饥似渴的： having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
【例】 a voracious reader who locked himself up in the study 一个把自己锁在书房的贪婪的读者
【近】 acquisitive, avid, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty
【反】 apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic 无所谓的
【派】 voracity n. 食欲，贪婪
The film festival briefly satisfied their voracious appetite for new movies.