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They were insatiable collectors.是什么意思？

They were insatiable collectors.

他们是贪得无厌的征税员。

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they were insatiable collectors

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；
例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；
例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

insatiable

adj. 无法满足的，贪得无厌的，贪得无厌的，不知足；
例句
...an insatiable greed for personal power...
对个人权力的贪得无厌

collectors

n. 收集者，收取者( collector的名词复数 )；
例句
...a plot to dupe stamp collectors into buying fake rarities...
诱骗集邮者购买珍稀邮票赝品的阴谋
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He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake.
他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。
...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打儿子的,是恨恶他;疼爱儿子的, 趁早管教.
For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切尔女男爵的主张在很多人看来是可信的。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收获。
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索权当有支付义务的第一方不能支付时，可以向商业票据的背书人要求支付的权力。
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在军官餐厅举行的聚会
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丧失了嗅觉的人
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He re-ran the experiment every which way he could...
他用尽所有可能的方法重复做这个实验。
The funeral will be carried out this afternoon at 3.00...
葬礼将在今天下午3点举行。
When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
战争爆发时，他作为敌国人士遭到关押。
A consultation paper has been posted on the Internet inviting input from Net users.
一份征询意见书已贴在了因特网上，欢迎网络用户发表意见。
The list may not be complete.
这个单子可能不全。
...young women nursing babies...
给孩子喂奶的年轻妈妈
As the ice sheet grows and thickens it chills the nearby air.
随着冰盖越来越大，越来越厚，周围的空气也冷了起来。