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rapacious

音標[r?'pei??s] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 強奪的, 貪慾的, 貪婪

詞型變化:

名詞:rapacity 副詞:rapaciously 

英文解釋:

形容詞 rapacious:

  1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
    同義詞:predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
  2. excessively greedy and grasping
    同義詞:ravening, voracious
  3. devouring or craving food in great quantities
    同義詞:edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

例句:

  1. A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
    貪婪的人具有貪婪、兇殘或逐利性格的人
  2. A greedy, rapacious person.
    貪心的或貪婪的人

詳細解釋:


ra.pa.cious

adj.(形容詞)
Taking by force; plundering.
劫奪的:用武力強奪的;劫掠的
Greedy; ravenous.See Synonyms at voracious
貪婪的;狼吞虎咽的參見 voracious
Subsisting on live prey.
肉食的:依靠捕獲而生存的

來源:
From Latin rap3x rap3c-
源自 拉丁語 rap3x rap3c-
from rapere [to seize] * see rep-
源自 rapere [奪取] *參見 rep-

【引伸】
rapa.ciously
adv.(副詞)
rapac.ity
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