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rapacity
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 贪婪;掠夺
  • 网络释义

    1、掠夺
    ... -acity[名词后缀]构成抽象名词,表示性质、状态、情况、与形容词后缀-acious相对应 rapacity 掠夺 vivacity 活泼,有生气 ...
    2、贪婪
    ... 赎身(ransom) 贪婪(rapacity) 流氓(rascal) ...
    3、贪欲
    rapacity(贪欲), 此释义来源于网络辞典。

    短语

    Of rapacity and greed贪婪和欲望

    ruthlessness and rapacity无情的

    DNA repair rapacityDNA修复能力

    专业释义

    英英释义

    rapacity [ rə'pæsəti ]

    n.
      extreme gluttony

      同义词:edacityesuriencerapaciousnessvoracityvoraciousness

      reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

      同义词:avaricegreedcovetousnessavaritia




    英汉双解大词典

    rapacity /rəˈpæsɪtɪ/

    • 1.  

      N-UNCOUNT(不可数名词) Rapacity is very greedy or selfish behaviour. 贪婪 [正式][oft with poss]

      例:

      He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity."

      他辩称说,过分拥挤的城市是建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的制度造成的。