rapacious是什么意思
2024-02-04 01:58:16
rapacious
adj. 贪婪的；强夺的
副词：rapaciously 名词：rapacity
近义词：greedy，acquisitive，commercial，voracious，ravenous，grasping，avid，avaricious，gluttonous，insatiable，covetous，destructive，vicious，harmful，aggressive，dangerous，damaging，violent，ravening，wolfish，vulturous，edacious，predatory，vulturine，raptorial，esurient，
详细释义
adj.(形容词)
- 贪婪的
- 强取的
- 捕食性的
- 强夺的
- 贪得无厌的
- 剥削性的
- 【动】捕食动物的
- 好掠夺的
- 凶悍的
- 贪财的
- 抢劫的
- 捕食生物的
英英释义
Adjective
- 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"
- excessively greedy and grasping;
"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl" "ravening creditors" "paying taxes to voracious governments"
- devouring or craving food in great quantities;
"edacious vultures" "a rapacious appetite" "ravenous as wolves" "voracious sharks"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Several of the Arab countries represented in the Presidents 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。
- 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。
- Mr Brown said there was also a global perspective to Americas 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。