hungry

Compared meaning: eager or strongly wanting something (adjective).

比较义项：渴望的、热切追求的（形容词）。

• hungry 本词

  Takes the pattern 'hungry for' plus an abstract goal like a job, success or praise; a common, everyday way to express strong desire, unlike avid's fixed 'avid + noun' pattern for a habitual hobby.

  常用“hungry for + 名词”表示对某个抽象目标（如工作、成功、赞扬）的渴望，是日常口语中常见的表达方式，不同于 avid 固定的“avid + 名词”结构，后者描述对某项爱好一贯的热衷。

  After months of unemployment, he was hungry for any job that would pay the bills.

  失业几个月后，他渴望得到任何能付得起账单的工作。

• avid

  Almost always placed directly before a noun ('an avid reader/gardener/collector'), describing someone's keen, habitual interest in an activity or hobby; it does not normally take 'for'.

  几乎总是直接放在名词前（如 an avid reader/gardener/collector），描述某人对某项活动或爱好一贯而强烈的热衷，通常不接介词 for。

  My aunt is an avid gardener who spends every weekend tending her roses.

  我姑姑是个热衷的园艺爱好者，每个周末都在打理她的玫瑰。

• thirsty

  Also patterns as 'thirsty for' plus a noun, but leans toward intense, often intangible desires such as knowledge or power, sounding more dramatic or literary than 'hungry for'.

  同样以“thirsty for + 名词”的结构出现，但更倾向于表示对知识、权力等抽象事物的强烈渴望，语气比 hungry for 更强烈、更具文学色彩。

  She had always been thirsty for knowledge, devouring every book she could find.

  她一直渴望获取知识，如饥似渴地阅读能找到的每一本书。

Hungry, avid, and thirsty all describe a strong desire for something. Hungry and thirsty pattern as 'hungry/thirsty for' a noun, like success. Avid goes before a noun, like 'an avid reader', and does not take 'for'. This excludes the literal senses of hungry and thirsty.

这三个词都表示对某事物的强烈渴望，但用法不同：hungry 和 thirsty 常用“hungry/thirsty for + 名词”表示对某个抽象目标（如成功、知识）的渴望；avid 几乎总是放在名词前（如 avid reader），描述某人对某项活动或爱好一贯的热衷，一般不接 for。这里不比较 hungry 表示“饥饿的”（字面意义）以及 thirsty 表示“口渴的”（字面意义）。