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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A cruelly rapacious person.
  一个残酷地掠夺的人。
• 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。
• I have a recollection of large, unbending women with great noses and rapacious eyes.
  我记得我遇见不少身材壮硕、腰板挺得笔直的女人。这些女人生着大鼻子，目光炯炯。
• 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。
• 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。