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
- 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。 - Who could possibly object, save a rapacious capitalist?
除了贪婪的资本家以外,还有谁会反对? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Rapacious soldiers looted the houses in the defeated city.
贪婪的士兵洗劫了被打败的城市。 - 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。 - 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。 - He looked somehow rapacious.
他看起来有些凶悍。 - But legislation to protect consumers from rapacious bankers has had unintended consequences, too.
但旨在保护消费者不受贪婪的银行家所害的法律,亦造成了意外的后果。