rapacious
英 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]
美 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]
adj. 贪婪的; 贪欲的; 强取的
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.- He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。 - ...a rapacious exploitation policy.
贪婪的剥削政策
- He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
英英释义
adj
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- excessively greedy and grasping
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Who could possibly object, save a rapacious capitalist?
除了贪婪的资本家以外，还有谁会反对？ - 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。 - The hunters drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open.
猎人们将这只贪婪的野兽从窝里赶出来。 - 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！ - A cruelly rapacious person.
一个残酷地掠夺的人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。