rapacious

rapacious什么意思

adj

1. devouring or craving food in great quantities

e.g. edacious vultures
a rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks

Synonym: edaciousesurientraveningravenousvoraciouswolfish

2. excessively greedy and grasping

e.g. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
ravening creditors
paying taxes to voracious governments

Synonym: raveningvoracious

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

e.g. a predatory bird
the rapacious wolf
raptorial birds
ravening wolves
a 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.
贪婪的剥削政策

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