rapacious

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英 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

美 [rəˈpeʃəs]

是什么意思

adj.

贪婪的；（尤指）贪财的；抢劫的；掠夺的

英英释义

rapacious[ rə'peiʃəs ]

adj.
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  "the rapacious wolf"
  
  同义词：predatoryraptorialraveningvulturinevulturous
- excessively greedy and grasping
  "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
  
  同义词：raveningvoracious
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
  "a rapacious appetite"
  
  同义词：edaciousesurientraveningravenousvoraciouswolfish

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双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Several of the Arab countries represented in the President's office needed the United States to fend off threats from rapacious neighbors.
有几个阿拉伯国家派人到总统办公室声称，它们需要美国的援助，来抵挡贪得无厌的邻国的威胁。
Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.
老鹰和其他贪婪的鸟类捕食各种小动物。
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。

权威例句

Rapacious individualism and political competition in Ukraine, 1992–2004Rapacious Resource Depletion, Excessive Investment and Insecure Property RightsRapacious Resource Depletion, Excessive Investment and Insecure Property Rights: A PuzzleAnticipation of better times for rapacious rent seeking Revised June 2009A planktivorous specialist turns rapacious: piscivory in invading vendace Coregonus albulaBiology and morphology of freshwater rapacious flagellate Colponema aff. loxodes Stein (Colponema, Alveolata)Insidious Rationalities: The Institutionalisation of Small Boat Fishing and the Rise of the Rapacious FisherSelf-Regulating Public Servant, Profitable Internet Innovator, or Rapacious Monopoly: Assessing Google, Thinking about the Possibili...Why do many resource-rich countries have negative genuine saving? ☆: Anticipation of better times or rapacious rent seekingUnrestricted migration favours virulent pathogens in experimental metapopulations: evolutionary genetics of a rapacious life history