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

• Sulky and overpaid stars, dubious deals and rapacious players 'agents are now part of the scenery.
  薪酬过高却郁郁不乐的球星、可疑的交易、贪婪的球员经纪人，都已成为足坛众生相的一部分。
• A greedy, rapacious person.
  贪心的或贪婪的人。
• Who could possibly object, save a rapacious capitalist?
  除了贪婪的资本家以外，还有谁会反对？
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its rapacious demand for commodities has been one of the main causes of the rise in commodity prices.
  中国对大宗商品的贪婪需求一直是大宗商品价格上涨的一个主要原因。
• 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。
• Modern Americans shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes.
  当代美国人是在闹哄哄的政治和苛刻的媒体环境下成长起来的，他们觉得自己在直面错误方面堪称是专家。
• 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。