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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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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。
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他用化名在汉普郡的舰队街租了间房子。
She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident...
她想笑，但声音听起来尖锐刺耳。
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他似乎被一连串的丑闻搞得茫然失措。
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计划失败后，他受到了比别人更多的指责。
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他想给“幸福”一个更为科学的新称谓，准确地说即“愉悦型重度情感障碍”。
Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid.
无论老少都看出他是种族隔离制度的坚决反对者。
They have won previous pay disputes with the government...
在先前和政府的工资纠纷中他们赢了。
Federal agents rushed him into a car...
联邦探员赶紧把他送进了一辆车里。
'May I ask you something?' — 'Sure. Fire away.'
“我可以问你一个问题吗？”——“当然可以。尽管问吧。”
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做了好事后心头暖暖的感觉