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rapacity

/ruh-pey-shuhs/US // rəˈpeɪ ʃəs //UK // (rəˈpeɪʃəs) //

肆意妄为,贪婪,肆意挥霍,暴利

Related Words

ferocious凶猛的,猛烈的,凶狠的,凶残的greedy贪婪的,贪婪,贪心的,贪婪的人voracious贪吃,贪婪,贪婪的,贪婪的人ravenous贪婪的,饥肠辘辘,饥渴的,饥肠辘辘的predatory掠夺性,掠夺性的,掠夺式,掠夺式的marauding劫掠,掠夺,掠夺性的,掠夺性avaricious贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌,贪财furious愤怒,愤怒的,暴怒,狂怒murderous谋杀,谋杀性的,谋杀的,谋杀性preying掠夺性的,掠夺性,掠夺,掠夺的savage野蛮人,野蛮的,野蛮,野蛮生长ravening乌鸦嘴,鸦雀无声,鸦雀无声的,鸦片

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
    • : inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
    • : subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounplunder
Synonyms
stealing偷窃,偷盗,偷窃行为,偷窃罪theft被盗,盗窃,失窃,盗窃案thievery盗贼行为,盗贼,盗窃,偷窃thieving盗用,盗窃,盗取,偷窃marauding劫掠,掠夺,掠夺性的,掠夺性
noungreed
Synonyms
avarice贪婪,贪欲,贪心,贪污covetousness贪婪,贪心,贪欲,贪婪之心cupidity利欲心,利欲熏心,利欲主义,利欲薰心greediness贪婪,贪婪性,贪心,贪欲rapaciousness贪婪,贪婪性,贪欲,贪婪之心thievery盗贼行为,盗贼,盗窃,偷窃voracity勇气,顽强,勇气可嘉,无畏

Examples

  • Though I’m not sure I realized that till I was grown and married myself, and only because I could feel its absence My parents’ life together started with a rapacious, let’s elope kind of love.

  • Even as we cheer for her stamina, we shrink from her rapacity.

  • Thus the rapacity of Capital defeats itself, and actually impoverishes its owners when it deprives Labor of a fair reward.

  • This is one of the truths which sloth, rapacity and extravagance are slow to learn, yet which they cannot safely ignore.

  • Could I dream that nothing would satisfy your rapacity but my destruction?

  • I would excuse the rapacity of the Mahajan if it has succeeded in keeping the gambling die or toddy from the ryot's home.

  • For Torrington's weakness and negligence caused ten times as much mischief as his rapacity.

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