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单词 rapacity
释义
rapacity
noun[U]
formal
uk
/rəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/rəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
thequalityof having orshowingastrongwishto take things for yourself, usually usingunfairmethodsorforce:
巧取豪夺，贪婪，掠夺
the rapacity ofbigcorporations大公司的贪婪掠夺
Our rapacity isdestroyingspeciesat aratenotseenin 65 millionyears.我们的贪婪正在以6500万年来最快的速度摧毁其他物种。
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  • Hecarriedout hisjobwith thecarefulrapacity of abornmoneylender.
  • Shetalkedangrilyabout the rapacity with which we haveransackedthe earth'sresources.
  • Hefoughtagainst the rapacity ofmerchants.
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  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialistic
  • money grabber
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(Definition ofrapacityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrapacity

rapacity
It is at this point that claims are made on the cultural item which had been lost due to one's own thoughtlessness and the other'srapacity.
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Many railways then had to take devious and circuitous routes and incur additional expense and difficulties because of therapacityof the landlords.
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Therapacityof these moneylenders has not been curbed.
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I never used them for that purpose or represented that any landlord acted withrapacityor made exorbitant or extravagant demands.
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I never used them for that purpose, or represented that any landlord acted withrapacityor made exorbitant or extravagant demands.
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It is thisrapacity, this lively defect in all of us, of which the "wide boys", as they are called, take advantage.
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I do not think that is all entirely owing to therapacityof landowners.
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In no instance was thererapacityor exorbitancy of demand against anybody.
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For it is here that the conflicts, the drama and therapacityover water in future years will take place.
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She spoke of therapacityof the typical landlord.
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The inefficiency andrapacityof the big firms are brought out in report after report.
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In those circumstances some extraordinary method was necessary of checking the ordinaryrapacityof the ordinary human being.
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I agree that it is difficult for anyone to keep up to date with therapacityof certain elements in our economy.
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My stinginess, what is left over after myrapacityin the present year, amounts to £20,000,000 sterling.
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It was because of therapacityand greed of the landlords.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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