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。
• Rapacious developers soon bought up the land.
  不久贪婪的开发商就把这块地全部买下了。
• He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
  他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Marques 'Almeida are among three returning finalists this year, and their rapacious growth ( and a superb show at Tate Britain at London Fashion Week), will surely mark them as real contenders this time around.
  麦奎斯奥美达是今年三个重返决赛的入围者之一，他们迅速的成长（伦敦时装周时在泰特英国美术馆有精湛的表演），肯定会让他们成为这次参赛的强有力的竞争者。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。