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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

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • The best method of farming for those in highly productive agricultural societies would be farming made more intelligent and less rapacious.
        对农业生产水平很高的一些地区的人而言,最好的耕种方式则是知识含量更高的、不那么贪得无厌的那种。
      • In some cases, traditional Chinese tastes, combined with the explosion in wealth during the past decade, have created a rapacious and unsustainable call for the body parts of endangered species.
        有时候,传统中国口味和过去10年财富的激增,滋生出对濒危物种身体部位贪婪而不可持续的需求。
      • 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。
      • He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
        他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
      • Indeed, such is the advantage that the boring have over the interesting that even in areas where there is a rapacious demand for personality like in politics the boring still tend to rise to the top.
        实际上,乏味的人比有趣的人更有优势,即使是在特别需要展现个人魅力(比如在政界)的领域,乏味之人也往往会官运亨通。
      • A greedy, rapacious person.
        贪心的或贪婪的人。
      • Those were not the consideration that drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open!
        把这只贪婪的野兽从窝里赶出来的并不是这些考虑!
      • He looked somehow rapacious.
        他看起来有些凶悍。
      • 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。