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

• He looked somehow rapacious.
  他看起来有些凶悍。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rapacious soldiers looted the houses in the defeated city.
  贪婪的士兵洗劫了被打败的城市。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But Mr Stone is more interested in skewering rapacious financiers than rash homeowners.
  但是斯通先生更感兴趣的是去讥讽贪婪的金融家而不是冲动的物业主。