rapacious

  畅通词汇  
[rə'peɪʃəs]     [rə'peɪʃəs]    
  • adj. 贪婪的;强夺的
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rapacious的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

adj. (形容词)
  1. 贪婪的
  2. 强取的
  3. 捕食性的
  4. 强夺的
  5. 贪得无厌的
  6. 剥削性的
  7. 【动】捕食动物的
  8. 好掠夺的
  9. 凶悍的
  10. 贪财的
  11. 抢劫的
  12. 捕食生物的

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. 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"

  2. excessively greedy and grasping;

    "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
    "ravening creditors"
    "paying taxes to voracious governments"

  3. devouring or craving food in great quantities;

    "edacious vultures"
    "a rapacious appetite"
    "ravenous as wolves"
    "voracious sharks"

rapacious的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

经典引文

  • 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

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