| 词汇 | rapaciousness |
| 释义 | rapaciousness noun[ U ] formaluk /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/ us /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/ the quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force: 巧取豪夺，贪婪，掠夺 The rapaciousness of the regime has not changed.该政权的贪婪本质并没有改变。 He was conscious of the rapaciousness of his own father's practices.他很清楚他父亲巧取豪夺的行为。 See rapacious She criticised the rapaciousness of the property developers. The government tried to conceal its rapaciousness. the rapaciousness of capitalism Greedy avarice avaricious avariciously consumerism grabby grasping greed greedily greediness hoggishly Mammon materialism materialist materialistic piggy rapacious rapaciously rapacity ravenous someone's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomachidiom Examples of rapaciousnessrapaciousness This seems to us the only way of protecting resources from greed and rapaciousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It simply indicates the rapaciousness of capitalism in all its operations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that long-established fishing communities in the country are entitled to expect that rapaciousness and indifference as to consequences will give place to prudence and proper concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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