rapacious

简单释义：

adj.贪婪的；贪欲的；强取的

网络强夺的；掠夺的；异常贪婪的

完整释义：

adj.

1.贪婪的,贪得无厌的
2.强夺的,掠夺的,剥削性的;贪婪的
3.好掠夺的
4.凶悍
5.【动物;动物学】(猛禽等)捕食动物的

例句：

1. But Mr Stone is more interested in skewering rapacious financiers than rash homeowners.
   但是比起鲁莽的业主来说，斯通先生更对煎烤那些贪婪的金融家感兴趣。

2. Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant): I think you are a rapacious little bitch.
   马汀•特维（休•葛兰）：我认为妳是一个既贪又狠的小贱人。

3. For many Chinese, daily life remains a grim struggle, and their government rapacious, arbitrary and corrupt (see article).
   对很多中国人来说，每天的生活都是在苦苦挣扎，而他们的政府贪婪、独裁和腐败。

4. Those who commit themselves and are not rapacious should be honoured and loved.
   那些献身于你而且不贪婪的应该得到宠信和钟爱。

5. Japan, instead, adopted a policy of rapacious requisitioning, driving many farmers to give up.
   相反，日本因为拥有一个贪婪腐败的政府导致了很多农民放弃耕种。

6. In Tunisia, a rapacious first family indulged in widespread racketeering, alienating every social class.
   在突尼斯，贪婪的第一家庭沉溺于广泛的敲诈勒索中，而疏远了社会各阶层。

7. In the end, it was not rapacious politicians who killed the Company, but the greed and power of its managers and shareholders.
   最终导致东印度公司走向毁灭的，不是贪婪的政治家，而是东印度公司经理及股东的贪婪和影响力。

8. They might also usefully improve transport by, say, building bridges over rivers prone to flooding, which would cut out rapacious middlemen.
   他们也可能采取一些措施有效地提高运输，比方说，在易发生洪水的河段建设跨河桥，这将撇开贪婪的中间商。

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