rapacious

英 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

美 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

adj.  贪婪的; 贪欲的; 强取的

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BNC.32650 / COCA.23424

牛津词典

adj.

• 贪婪的；贪欲的；强取的
  wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贪婪的；贪得无厌的；自私的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asrapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.
  1. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
     他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
  2. ...a rapacious exploitation policy.
     贪婪的剥削政策

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientraveningravenousvoraciouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:raveningvoracious
• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  1. a predatory bird
  2. the rapacious wolf
  3. raptorial birds
  4. ravening wolves
  5. a vulturine taste for offal
  Synonym:predatoryraptorialraveningvulturinevulturous

双语例句

• Locals often have bitter memories of rapacious Western colonialists and Arab slave traders.
  当地人普遍对贪婪的西方殖民者和阿拉伯奴隶贩子有着苦涩的回忆。
• A rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
  一个四处徘徊的贪婪的离婚者；贪婪的债主；交税给贪婪的政府。
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce. The hissing of the serpent shall strike back at this world with unexpected ferocity.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人蛇的吐舌声会凶猛的突击这个世界。
• And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.
  他一心想要答谢一位贪婪的老兵，为他的选举帮了忙。
• Probity Brings Prosperity While Avarice Leads To Decline& One Of The Lessons Learned From History; a rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
  廉则兴贪则衰&戒贪立廉史鉴之一一个四处徘徊的贪婪的离婚者；贪婪的债主；交税给贪婪的政府。
• Those tourists, too, had less fun than they let on: they grumbled about the food, their rapacious guides and the discomforts of travel.
  同样地，那些游客得到的乐趣远比他们花出去的钱少，对食物、贪心的导游和旅途的不舒适颇多怨言。
• A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
  贪婪的人具有贪婪、凶残或逐利性格的人。
• Mr Brown said there was also a global perspective to America's rapacious model of consumption.
  布朗先生说，还有一个研究美国掠夺资源模式的全球视角。
• Perhaps, given their image as rapacious capitalists, there may be a touch of calculation about their efforts.
  然而大家心目中的贪婪的资本家可能为他们的贡献作了计算。
• A greedy, rapacious person.
  贪心的或贪婪的人。