devourer

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指贪婪地吞食或消耗某物的人或事物,常用于比喻强烈的欲望或破坏性行为。

用法要点

句型搭配

通常用作可数名词,常与介词of连用表示吞噬的对象,也可用形容词修饰描述其特性。

• a devourer of books
• the devourer of souls
• an insatiable devourer

介词用法

主要与介词of搭配,表示吞噬的内容或对象;也可用by表示被动,但较少见。

• devourer of time
• devourer by flames
• devourer in the myth

语域说明

多用于文学、神话或比喻语境,日常口语中较少使用,属于正式或书面语词汇。

• literary devourer
• mythological devourer
• metaphorical devourer

基础例句

He is a devourer of novels, reading one every week.

他是个小说吞噬者,每周都要读一本。

In the story, the dragon was a fearsome devourer of villages.

故事中,那条龙是个可怕的村庄吞噬者。

My phone battery is a real devourer of energy these days.

最近我手机电池真是个能量吞噬者。

高级例句

In economic theory, inflation can act as a devourer of savings over time.

在经济学理论中,通货膨胀会逐渐吞噬储蓄。

The corporation was criticized as a devourer of natural resources in the environmental report.

在环境报告中,这家公司被批评为自然资源的吞噬者。

Ancient myths often feature a devourer that symbolizes chaos and destruction.

古代神话中常出现象征混乱与破坏的吞噬者。

高频搭配

verb

become a devoureract as a devourerportray as a devourer

adjective

insatiable devourervoracious devourerrelentless devourermythical devourer

noun

time devourerbook devourersoul devourerresource devourer

adverb

constantly devourerinevitably devourermetaphorically devourer

preposition

devourer ofdevourer bydevourer in

phrase

a devourer of all thingsthe great devourerlike a devourer

常见错误

❌ 错误:He is a devourer for books.
✓ 正确:He is a devourer of books.

错误使用了介词for,正确应用of表示所属或对象,因为devourer通常与of搭配指吞噬的内容。

❌ 错误:The devourer ate the food quickly.
✓ 正确:The devourer consumed the food voraciously.

devourer作为名词,不宜直接与ate(动词过去式)搭配;应使用更正式的动词如consumed,并添加副词voraciously以体现贪婪含义。

近义词辨析

consumer

consumer更中性,指普通消费者或使用者;devourer强调贪婪、快速或破坏性的消耗,带负面或比喻色彩。

A consumer buys products (中性), while a devourer destroys them (负面)。

predator

predator特指捕食其他动物的生物;devourer范围更广,可指吞噬任何事物(如时间、资源),且更侧重吞噬行为本身。

A lion is a predator (捕食者), but a wildfire can be a devourer of forests (吞噬者)。