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(yǔ)例句
- 1. He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity".
- 他認(rèn)為，過(guò)于擁擠的城市是一個(gè)建立在“自私”和“貪婪”基礎(chǔ)上的體系的產(chǎn)物。
來(lái)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(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 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(nèi)不影響正線運(yùn)營(yíng)安全, 也不降低通過(guò)能力.
來(lái)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(duì)于西方夢(mèng)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(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)