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avid adj.渴望的；贪婪的；热心的 (1) 亚非还是个热心的摄影家。(2) 我引诱那个热心的企业家为我做生意。 But this adjective can also mean wanting something so much that you can be thought of as greedy. For example, a person can be avid for success or power. Avid is from French avide, from Latin avidus, from avere "to desire, crave."

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英 ['ævɪd] 美 ['ævɪd] (1) She was also an avid photographer.(2) I cajoled the avid entrepreneur into doing the business for me. Avid usually means very eager or enthusiastic. If you're an avid reader, it means you read as much as you can, whenever you can. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]热衷的；着迷的；酷爱的 You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.   [usu ADJ n]He misses not having enough books because he's an avid reader.他是个酷爱阅读的人，总觉得书不够读。...an avid collector of art and history.一个热衷收集艺术品和历史文物的收藏家avidlyThank you for a most entertaining magazine, which I read avidly each month.感谢你们把杂志编得如此有趣，我每个月都如痴如醉地阅读。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴望的；急切的 If you say that someone is avid for something, you mean that they are very eager to get it.   [v-link ADJ]He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.他嗜财如命。avidlyWestern suppliers too are competing avidly for business abroad.西方国家的供应商也在疯狂抢夺国外商机。

英语单词	avid
英美音标	英 ['ævɪd] 美 ['ævɪd]
中文释义	adj.渴望的；贪婪的；热心的
英语例句	(1) She was also an avid photographer. (2) I cajoled the avid entrepreneur into doing the business for me.
中文例句	(1) 亚非还是个热心的摄影家。 (2) 我引诱那个热心的企业家为我做生意。
vocabulary简明	Avid usually means very eager or enthusiastic. If you're an avid reader, it means you read as much as you can, whenever you can.
vocabulary扩展	But this adjective can also mean wanting something so much that you can be thought of as greedy. For example, a person can be avid for success or power. Avid is from French avide, from Latin avidus, from avere "to desire, crave."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]热衷的；着迷的；酷爱的 You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do. [usu ADJ n] He misses not having enough books because he's an avid reader. 他是个酷爱阅读的人，总觉得书不够读。 ...an avid collector of art and history. 一个热衷收集艺术品和历史文物的收藏家 avidly Thank you for a most entertaining magazine, which I read avidly each month. 感谢你们把杂志编得如此有趣，我每个月都如痴如醉地阅读。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴望的；急切的 If you say that someone is avid for something, you mean that they are very eager to get it. [v-link ADJ] He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth. 他嗜财如命。 avidly Western suppliers too are competing avidly for business abroad. 西方国家的供应商也在疯狂抢夺国外商机。

Avid I Business Means Eager Read Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词