rapacity

美[r?'p?s?ti]
  • n. 貪婪；掠奪

詞態(tài)變化

副詞:?rapaciously;形容詞:?rapacious;

英文詞源

rapacity (n.)
1540s, from Middle French rapacité (16c.), from Latin rapacitatem (nominative rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax (genitive rapacis) "grasping, plundering," from rapere "seize" (see rapid).

雙語例句

1. He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity".
他認為，過于擁擠的城市是一個建立在“自私”和“貪婪”基礎上的體系的產(chǎn)物。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Here was neither guile nor rapacity.
在她身上沒有狡詐和貪婪.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

3. During the whole process of construction, the operational safty and rapacity of track must be guaranteed.
改建施工期內不影響正線運營安全, 也不降低通過能力.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. Jul 15 th 2010 TO DREAMERS in the West, Tibet is aShangridespoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity.
對于西方夢想家而言, 西藏是被漢族人的冷酷有情和貪心有望給掠奪去的一塊世外桃源(香格里拉).

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)