" A little more, St. John—look at the avidity in her eyes" .

“还有一点，圣约翰——看看她眼中的渴望”。

My uncle pounced upon this shred with incredible avidity.

我叔叔以令人难以置信的热情扑向了这块碎片。

His eye dwelt with insatiable avidity upon the beauteous Orb.

他的目光永不满足地注视着美丽的球体。

What those adventurers were reported to have found, however, was sufficient to inflame the avidity of all their countrymen.

然而，据报道，这些冒险家的发现足以点燃他们所有同胞的热情。

Lunch-time found the young couple attacking a steak and chips in an obscure hostelry with avidity.

午餐时间，这对年轻夫妇在一家不起眼的旅馆里贪婪地吃着牛排和薯条。

The avidity, however, which suggested this notable piece of mercantile ingenuity, most probably disappointed itself of its object.

然而，虽然暗示了这一著名的商业独创性， 但这种热情很可能对其目标本身感到失望。

Their avidity, however, upon this, as well as upon many other occasions, disappointed itself of its object.

然而，在这件事上，以及在许多其他场合，他们的热心使他们的目的落空了。

Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity.

紧挨着他站着的是夏洛特，她正在从桶里打开牡蛎：克莱波尔先生屈尊吞下了，非常贪婪。

I wish he could have witnessed the horrible avidity with which Oliver tore the bits asunder with all the ferocity of famine.

我希望他能亲眼目睹奥利弗在饥荒的凶猛中撕裂碎片的可怕贪婪。

They wanted high excitement, not from the necessity of stimulating jaded nerves but with the avidity of prize-winning schoolchildren who deserved their vacations.

他们想要高度的兴奋， 不是因为需要刺激疲惫的神经， 而是因为得奖的小学生理应享受假期。

He easily distinguished the emotions which were favourable to his designs, and seized every means with avidity of infusing corruption into Antonia's bosom.

他轻而易举地辨别出有利于他的计划的情绪， 并抓住一切手段， 贪婪地将腐化灌输到安东尼娅的怀抱中。

But though the judgment of sober reason and experience concerning such projects has always been extremely unfavourable, that of human avidity has commonly been quite otherwise.

但是，尽管对此类项目的清醒理性和经验的判断总是极为不利，但人类的渴望通常却完全相反。

This time the scout seized the rifle with avidity; nor had Magua, though he watched the movements of the marksman with jealous eyes, any further cause for apprehension.

这次侦察员贪婪地抓住了步枪。马瓜虽然用嫉妒的目光注视着射手的动作，但也没有任何进一步的担忧。

She listened to me with avidity; She seemed to devour my words while I spoke in your praise, and her eyes thanked me for my affection to her Brother.

她热切地听我讲；当我赞美你时，她似乎吞噬了我的话，她的眼睛感谢我对她哥哥的感情。

The war was momentarily inactive, and the newspapers seized with avidity on this crime in fashionable life: " The Mysterious Affair at Styles" was the topic of the moment.

战争暂时停滞不前，报纸热切地报道了时尚生活中的这一罪行：“斯泰尔斯的神秘事件”是当时的话题。

She went back to eating earth and the whitewash on the walls with the avidity of previous days, and she sucked her finger with so much anxiety that she developed a callus on her thumb.

她像前几天一样贪婪地吃着泥土和墙上的粉刷，她非常焦虑地吮吸着手指，以至于拇指上长出了老茧。

And yet because I supposed the illusions to be from thee I fed on them--not with avidity, for thou didst not taste in my mouth as thou art, and thou wast not these empty fictions.

然而，因为我以为这些幻象来自于你， 所以我就以它们为食——不是出于贪婪，因为你在我嘴里的味道并不像你本来的样子，而且你也不是这些空洞的虚构。

She had adhered to this determination, and such was the Bible which Antonia was reading: It had been lately delivered to her, and She perused it with an avidity, with a delight that was inexpressible.

她坚持了这个决心， 安东尼娅正在读的圣经就是这样的：它最近才送到她手上， 她津津有味地细读， 心情难以言喻。

My only hope rested upon procuring succour from Strasbourg: At this I resolved to try; and should an opportunity offer of warning Don Alphonso of his danger unobserved, I was determined to seize it with avidity.

我唯一的希望寄托在从斯特拉斯堡获得帮助：为此我决定尝试一下；如果有机会警告唐·阿方索他的危险未被发现，我决心抓住它。

I threw myself with avidity upon these humble aliments. They had to all appearance been placed in the Vault for several days; The bread was hard, and the water tainted; Yet never did I taste food to me so delicious.

我对这些简陋的食物充满了渴望。从表面上看，它们不得不在保险库中放置几天；面包很硬，水也被污染了；然而，我从来没有尝过对我来说如此美味的食物。