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appetitive

/ap-i-tahy-tiv/US // ˈæp ɪˌtaɪ tɪv //

食欲旺盛,食欲,食欲旺盛的,食欲强

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to appetite.

Examples

  • The rational soul is like a king; the animal soul is like an official before the king, rebuking the appetitive soul.

  • The faculty of the vegetative soul is the appetitive power, whose seat is in the liver.

  • Similarly if this fool abstains from pleasures, it is because of the weakness of his appetitive soul.

  • Every one of the three souls (the rational, the spirited and the appetitive) must be given its due.

  • The mean of the appetitive power is temperance; of the spirited power, bravery and gentleness; of the rational soul, justice.