rapacity
美[rə'pæsəti]
释义
n. 贪婪；掠夺
词态变化
副词: rapaciously;形容词: rapacious;
近义词
英文词源
- rapacity (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French rapacité (16c.), from Latin rapacitatem (nominative rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax (genitive rapacis) "grasping, plundering," from rapere "seize" (see rapid).
双语例句
- 1. He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity".
- 他认为，过于拥挤的城市是一个建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的体系的产物。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Here was neither guile nor rapacity.
- 在她身上没有狡诈和贪婪.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. During the whole process of construction, the operational safty and rapacity of track must be guaranteed.
- 改建施工期内不影响正线运营安全, 也不降低通过能力.
来自互联网
- 4. Jul 15 th 2010 TO DREAMERS in the West, Tibet is aShangridespoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity.
- 对于西方梦想家而言, 西藏是被汉族人的冷酷有情和贪心有望给掠夺去的一块世外桃源(香格里拉).
来自互联网
英英释意
- 1. extreme gluttony
- 2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
实用场景例句
- During the whole process of construction, the operational safty and rapacity of track must be guaranteed.
- 改建施工期内不影响正线运营安全, 也不降低通过能力.
互联网
