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单词 power-hungry
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Definition of power-hungry in English:

power-hungry

adjective
  • 1Having a strong desire for power.

    the power-hungry and evil dictator
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were arrogant, power-hungry imperialists.
    • A rival clan leader is looking to marry Shinobu, and, like all evil, power-hungry villains, wants to assume levels of awesome might.
    • I hate to admit it, but every day I have a growing suspicion that I'm power-hungry.
    • A very Senior Official had pleaded with another power-hungry local official to at least allow me to attend the last Council Meeting.
    • Caesar is a selfmade man with a pistol strapped to his hip, whose obsession with law and order has made him brutal and power-hungry.
    • She was much like her husband in many ways - bossy, luxury-loving, and power-hungry.
    • In the 1987 film Wall Street, Michael Douglas's famously power-hungry character Gordon Gekko makes a speech extolling greed which captured the mood of the decade.
    • This had created an authoritarian mentality characterized by unquestioning obedience to the emperor and his power-hungry generals.
    • He is a power-hungry miser, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor.
    • Laurie was highly dedicated, not personally ambitious or power hungry.
    • Prince John is the power-hungry, arrogant and cowardly brother of King Richard.
    • The new heir was a mentally unstable young woman who was married to a power-hungry Austrian prince.
    • This will complete the transfer of authority in European football from the governing bodies to the increasingly demanding and power-hungry club bosses.
    • The players are greedy, wanting more than they need or are probably worth, and are power hungry.
    • Menelaus prevails upon Agamemnon, his brother, to declare war on Troy, which has always stood just outside the grasp of the power-hungry Greek ruler.
    • She is no power-hungry woman waiting to grab power.
    • In Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, we are told the story of two passionate and power-hungry lovers.
    Synonyms
    aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, driven, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry
    1. 1.1 (of a device) using or requiring a lot of electrical power.
      power-hungry processors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • GPS is a power-hungry technology.
      • Today's power-hungry components need more 12V power than older hardware does, so a power supply must provide adequate 12V current.
      • To process arbitrary speech, you need a very powerful and power-hungry processor.
      • The piece suggested that London was in line for an electricity blackout due to the construction of power-hungry data centers in the capital.
      • Each has a removable battery, especially handy when using power-hungry Wi-Fi.
      • As it's a fairly power-hungry device, there are two lithium-ion batteries included in the box.
      • The most power-hungry, high end video cards will still require external power connectors.
      • Nanotechnology may open the door to smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry memory chips in cell phones, network gear, and other devices.
      • Over the next few years, many of Japan's mobile phone makers will add power-hungry digital broadcast tuners to their mobile phone models.
      • We will speed the migration toward larger and higher-resolution panels that will eventually replace traditionally bulky and power-hungry displays.
      • If power-hungry hardware is added, like a high-end video card, a power supply unit with a minimum of 450 Watt seems to be a good idea.
      • Among other things, the heat output and energy consumption of the latest power-hungry processors is too much to bear.
 
 

Definition of power-hungry in US English:

power-hungry

adjective
  • 1Having a strong desire for power.

    the power-hungry and evil dictator
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Caesar is a selfmade man with a pistol strapped to his hip, whose obsession with law and order has made him brutal and power-hungry.
    • In Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, we are told the story of two passionate and power-hungry lovers.
    • The new heir was a mentally unstable young woman who was married to a power-hungry Austrian prince.
    • A very Senior Official had pleaded with another power-hungry local official to at least allow me to attend the last Council Meeting.
    • Menelaus prevails upon Agamemnon, his brother, to declare war on Troy, which has always stood just outside the grasp of the power-hungry Greek ruler.
    • She is no power-hungry woman waiting to grab power.
    • They were arrogant, power-hungry imperialists.
    • This will complete the transfer of authority in European football from the governing bodies to the increasingly demanding and power-hungry club bosses.
    • She was much like her husband in many ways - bossy, luxury-loving, and power-hungry.
    • I hate to admit it, but every day I have a growing suspicion that I'm power-hungry.
    • Laurie was highly dedicated, not personally ambitious or power hungry.
    • A rival clan leader is looking to marry Shinobu, and, like all evil, power-hungry villains, wants to assume levels of awesome might.
    • He is a power-hungry miser, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor.
    • The players are greedy, wanting more than they need or are probably worth, and are power hungry.
    • This had created an authoritarian mentality characterized by unquestioning obedience to the emperor and his power-hungry generals.
    • Prince John is the power-hungry, arrogant and cowardly brother of King Richard.
    • In the 1987 film Wall Street, Michael Douglas's famously power-hungry character Gordon Gekko makes a speech extolling greed which captured the mood of the decade.
    Synonyms
    aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, driven, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry
    1. 1.1 (of a device) using or requiring a lot of electrical power.
      power-hungry processors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Today's power-hungry components need more 12V power than older hardware does, so a power supply must provide adequate 12V current.
      • GPS is a power-hungry technology.
      • Among other things, the heat output and energy consumption of the latest power-hungry processors is too much to bear.
      • We will speed the migration toward larger and higher-resolution panels that will eventually replace traditionally bulky and power-hungry displays.
      • The most power-hungry, high end video cards will still require external power connectors.
      • If power-hungry hardware is added, like a high-end video card, a power supply unit with a minimum of 450 Watt seems to be a good idea.
      • The piece suggested that London was in line for an electricity blackout due to the construction of power-hungry data centers in the capital.
      • Nanotechnology may open the door to smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry memory chips in cell phones, network gear, and other devices.
      • As it's a fairly power-hungry device, there are two lithium-ion batteries included in the box.
      • To process arbitrary speech, you need a very powerful and power-hungry processor.
      • Over the next few years, many of Japan's mobile phone makers will add power-hungry digital broadcast tuners to their mobile phone models.
      • Each has a removable battery, especially handy when using power-hungry Wi-Fi.
 
 
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