“食慾”英語怎麼說

名詞解釋：食慾，指人進食的慾望。如：增進食慾。

Australian researchers have found that junk food can suppress a person's appetite for a balanced, healthy diet.

The researchers experimented on rats and found that when they were put on a diet of junk food – like cookies, pie and cake – for two weeks, they not only gained weight but also lost their desire to seek out different foods. The findings help explain how excessive consumption of junk food can change behavior and lead to overeating and obesity.

The interesting thing about this finding is that if the same thing happens in humans, eating junk food may change our responses to signals associated with foods.

澳大利亞的研究人員發現，垃圾食品能夠抑制人們對均衡、健康飲食的食慾。

這些研究人員在老鼠身上做實驗，發現當給老鼠餵食兩週的諸如餅乾、餡餅和蛋糕等垃圾食品後，它們不僅體重增加了，而且還失去了尋找不同的食物的慾望。這項發現能夠幫助解釋過度攝入垃圾食品是如何改變人們的行爲，導致過度飽食和肥胖的。

這個發現的有趣之處是，如果人類身上發生同樣的事情，食用垃圾食品可能會改變我們對與食物有關的信號的反應。

【講解】

文中的appetite就是“食慾”的意思，這個詞語既可用作可數名詞，也可用作不可數名詞。常見的短語搭配爲：spoil one's appetite(破壞食慾)。appetite還可以引申解釋爲“強烈的願望”，例如：an appetite for fighting(鬥志)。

此外，文中的excessive用作形容詞，解釋爲“過量的”，例如：excessive drinking(酗酒)、excessive charges(過高的費用)等。