查词历史:

rapacity

rapacity

[英] [rəˈpæsɪtɪ] 生词本

n.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

1. N-UNCOUNT 贪婪;贪得无厌 Rapacity is very greedy or selfish behaviour. 
  • 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。

  • ...the rapacity of landlords and the misery of tenants.

    房东的贪得无厌与房客的不幸

  • ...their sexual desire and rapacity.

    他们的性欲与贪欲

Noun

1. extreme gluttony

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

法律

  • 1.强权