Unquenchable

adj. that cannot be quenched or extinguished.—n. Unquen′chableness.—adv. Unquen′chably.

编辑:米考伯

• Ordinarily he was like other normal lads of his age--full of boyish, hearty enjoyments--but withal possessed of an unquenchable spirit of inquiry and an insatiable desire for knowledge. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The result was an unquenchable scorn of the quarter whence such danger was to be apprehended. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• If she knew herself to be surrounded by insatiable vengeance and unquenchable fires, were they mine? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

编辑:米考伯