rapacious

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adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
rapaciously：貪婪地；強(qiáng)取地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
rape：強(qiáng)奸，掠奪；[園藝]油菜；葡萄渣。
rapacity：貪婪；掠奪。
rapaciousness：強(qiáng)??；貪婪。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
rape：犯強(qiáng)奸罪。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
rape：強(qiáng)奸；掠奪，搶奪。

The lovers attract the attentions of a rapacious gang, who descend on them, searching for non-existent booty.
這對(duì)愛人引起了貪婪的剛的注意，為了尋找并不存在的寶藏他襲擊了他們。
A deregulated industry is useful: ministers can bask in the benefit of low prices while deflecting blame for price rises on to rapacious energy giants.
一個(gè)放松管制的產(chǎn)業(yè)非常有用：大臣能充分享用低價(jià)的好處，同時(shí)把對(duì)漲價(jià)的指責(zé)推給貪婪的電力巨頭。
Maybe not surprisingly, the language of anti- elitism has often been a useful tool of the most rapacious and merciless among the elite.
也有可能不會(huì)讓人感到驚訝，反精英的語言經(jīng)常是對(duì)付那些精英中非常貪婪無情的人們的有力工具。

He's tyrannical, he's rapacious, he's undisciplined, he's over-sexed.
殘暴，貪婪，毫無修養(yǎng)，沉溺美色。
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Moreover, the strategy has created public-relations problems, exacerbating the public view of the industry as rapacious.
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Their brazen ways risk riling antitrust regulators, still giddy from smacking around that rapacious monopolist, Microsoft.
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having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.