中英互译
rapacious
英 /rəˈpeɪʃəs/美 /rəˈpeɪʃəs/
基本释义
- adj.贪婪的；掠夺的
GRESAT
双语例句
- Unfortunately, the fans aren't all that rapacious.不幸的是，粉丝们并非都那么狂热。
- "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。”
- 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。
网络短语
- ruthless and rapacious豺狼成性
- rapacious demands贪婪的需要
- rapacious market掠夺性市场
- rapacious creditor贪婪的债权人；贪婪债权人
- voracious or rapacious狼吞虎咽的贪婪食肉的；贪婪或贪吃的
词语扩展
英英释义
- adj.living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- adj.excessively greedy and grasping
- adj.devouring or craving food in great quantities
词源
- rapacious掠夺的；贪婪的词根词缀： -rap-抓 + -acious形容词词尾
- rapacious贪婪的来自拉丁语 rapax 的所有格形式 rapacis,劫掠的，贪婪的，来自 rapere,抓住，抓取，词源同 rob,rip,rape.