rapacious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs]
- 美式音标 [rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs]
- 国际音标 [rə'peiʃəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.贪婪的；强夺的
词根记忆
- rap(抓取) + acious→抓得多→贪婪的
- rap(掠夺) + acious(多的)→不断抢的→掠夺的；贪婪的
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- rapaciously：贪婪地；强取地。
- n性质的同根词
- rape：强奸，掠夺；[园艺]油菜；葡萄渣。
- rapacity：贪婪；掠夺。
- rapaciousness：强取；贪婪。
- vi性质的同根词
- rape：犯强奸罪。
- vt性质的同根词
- rape：强奸；掠夺，抢夺。
英汉例句
- 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。 - A deregulated industry is useful: ministers can bask in the benefit of low prices while deflecting blame for price rises on to rapacious energy giants.
一个放松管制的产业非常有用：大臣能充分享用低价的好处，同时把对涨价的指责推给贪婪的电力巨头。 - Maybe not surprisingly, the language of anti- elitism has often been a useful tool of the most rapacious and merciless among the elite.
也有可能不会让人感到惊讶，反精英的语言经常是对付那些精英中非常贪婪无情的人们的有力工具。 - He's tyrannical, he's rapacious, he's undisciplined, he's over-sexed.
残暴，贪婪，毫无修养，沉溺美色。
耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选 - Moreover, the strategy has created public-relations problems, exacerbating the public view of the industry as rapacious.
ECONOMIST: Fightback or death-rattle? The - Their brazen ways risk riling antitrust regulators, still giddy from smacking around that rapacious monopolist, Microsoft.
FORBES: Backbone Bullies
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词组短语
- rapacious aggressor 血盆大口
- rapacious market 掠夺性市场
- rapacious s 强夺的
- Rapacious Subversion 颠覆掠夺
- rapacious demands 贪婪的需要
短语
英英字典
- having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
- If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 捕食性的
- 贪食的;捕食生物的