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单词 rapacious
释义
rapacious
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/us
/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
having orshowingastrongwishto take things for yourself, usually usingunfairmethodsorforce:
巧取豪夺的，贪婪的，掠夺的
a rapaciouslandlord/businessman贪婪的地主／商人
her rapaciousappetiteforfame她对名声的贪欲
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
wanting more of something than you need
  • greedyI've never met anyone so greedy for power.
  • avariciousHe acquired his wealth by being an avaricious, unscrupulous businessman.
  • rapaciousHe's a rapacious lawyer who will stop at nothing to win a case.
  • acquisitiveShe was ruthlessly acquisitive and often bought expensive items just to keep others from owning them.
  • graspingShe's a selfish, grasping old woman.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Greedy
  • avarice
  • avaricious
  • avariciously
  • consumerism
  • grabby
  • grasping
  • greed
  • greedily
  • greediness
  • Mammon
  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialistic
  • money grabber
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity
  • ravenous
  • ravenously
  • someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
  • trougher
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Related words

rapaciously
rapaciousness
rapacity
(Definition ofrapaciousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrapacious

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In our case, how did therapacioustyrant arrange the theft?
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It is also in such merchant states that arapaciousstate or misguided policies are most likely to cause harm to and alienate the peasantry.
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Victorian studies has been not just capacious, but evenrapacious.
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The vulture as landlord is more dreadfullyrapaciousthan he is as a bird.
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The word 'cruelty' must be taken in the broad sense, and not in therapaciousphysical sense.
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It is also a matter of everyday comment that the elders through whom the kola flows in exchange for favours, and indeed the chiefs themselves, are arapaciouslot.
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Norapaciouselites dependent on taxes for their power and incomes had developed to lend their conditional support for fiscal innovations, followed inevitably by uplifts in taxation.
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The hydra-headed monster of nationalism is arapaciousbeast which, when given the opportunity to feed, tends to devour peoples, populations and nations.
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Those who are fortunate are catered for byrapaciouslandlords who can earn a great deal of money by letting accommodation on a short-term basis.
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It is the basic economics of exploitation — when the opportunity is available, in times of shortage, the private sector israpacious.
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Some public utility companies are extraordinarilyrapaciousprofit-making concerns.
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That will be admitted among even the mostrapaciousof financiers.
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If that is so, it will not satisfy the grievances of even the leastrapaciousof men.
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They are totally incapable of deciding whether they arerapaciouscommercial enterprises or whether they have a more responsible rôle in the economy.
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On thisrapaciousapproach there are two checks.
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