rapacious

rapacious音标

英 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

美 [rəˈpeʃəs]

rapacious基本释义

adj.贪婪的；强夺的

rapacious用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

贪婪的

强取的

捕食性的

强夺的

贪得无厌的

剥削性的

【动】捕食动物的

好掠夺的

凶悍的

贪财的

抢劫的

捕食生物的

rapacious什么意思

adj

1. devouring or craving food in great quantities

e.g. edacious vulturesa rapacious appetiteravenous as wolvesvoracious sharks

Synonym: edaciousesurientraveningravenousvoraciouswolfish

2. excessively greedy and grasping

e.g. a rapacious divorcee on the prowlravening creditorspaying taxes to voracious governments

Synonym: raveningvoracious

3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

e.g. a predatory birdthe rapacious wolfraptorial birdsravening wolvesa vulturine taste for offal

Synonym: predatoryraptorialraveningvulturinevulturous

1. 贪婪的；贪得无厌的；自私的If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.

e.g. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。e.g. ...a rapacious exploitation policy.贪婪的剥削*策

1. 强夺的：rank讨厌的a | rapacious强夺的 | rap抓,抢

2. 强夺的,贪婪的：rampant 蔓生的,猖獗的 | rapacious 强夺的,贪婪的 | voracious 狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的

3. 贪婪的：covetous 贪求的 | rapacious 贪婪的 | ostentatious 浮夸的 华美的

4. 掠夺的, 贪婪的：23. bight: 曲线, 绳环, 海湾 | 24. rapacious: 掠夺的, 贪婪的 rapacity | 25. insidious: 阴险的

The machine..like some animal through whose rapacious mouth Nina was drawing the cotton.

出自：I. Murdoch

Sections of human society which are especially ruthless and rapacious.

出自：A. Storr

近义词

临近词

predatory掠夺的

wolfish狼似的

vulturous象秃鹫的(贪婪的)...

grasping贪心的

violent猛烈的

aggressive侵略的

avaricious贪财的

esurient贪婪的

edacious 贪吃的

vulturine秃鹰似的

harmful有害的

acquisitive想获得的

gluttonous暴食的

covetous贪婪的

greedy贪婪的

avid渴望的

insatiable不知足的

dangerous危险的

raptorial捕食生物的

damaging有害的

destructive破坏性的

voracious狼吞虎咽的

vicious恶*的

ravening（尤指狼群）贪婪而饥饿的...

commercial商业的

ravenous贪婪的

rapaciously

rapaciousness

rapacious and ruthless

rap

rapacious business methods

rape

rapacious pirates

相关列句

It led on 69 minutes through a sharp, rapacious break finished off by Edinson Cavani.(第69分钟，通过卡瓦尼一次犀利的突破取得。)

As I left, I thought, "It is certainly a rapacious age we live in."(走的时候，我心想，“我们真是活在一个贪婪的时代。”)

They might also usefully improve transport by, say, building Bridges over rivers prone to flooding, which would cut out rapacious middlemen.(他们也可能采取一些措施有效地提高运输，比方说，在易发生洪水的河段建设跨河桥，这将撇开贪婪的中间商。)

The idea behind the initiative is that Japanese animal spirits are merely in hibernation, and a spurt of cash is all it takes to awaken rapacious entrepreneurs from their garages.(该倡议背后的想法是，日本的生机只是处于休眠状态，现金的冲击是要唤醒所有有需要现金的贪婪的企业家。)

Unfortunately, the fans aren't all that rapacious.(不幸的是，粉丝们并非都那么狂热。)

Those tourists, too, had less fun than they let on: they grumbled about the food, their rapacious guides and the discomforts of travel.(那些旅游客，同样，对这些东西知之甚少，并总是不断地抱怨食物难吃，导游贪婪，以及旅行的各种不舒适。)

The lovers attract the attentions of a rapacious gang, who descend on them, searching for non-existent booty.(这对爱人引起了贪婪的刚的注意，为了寻找并不存在的宝藏他袭击了他们。)

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。)

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！)

"You can get this burst of wealth that we have created from this rapacious behavior," added Romm.(罗姆说，“你无法得到这种从贪婪中创造出来的财富。”)