rapacious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/    美 /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Voracious; avaricious. also,figuratively
    — To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
    — A Prince […] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.
  3. Subsisting off live prey.
    — Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for […] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place[…]

词形变化

more rapacious comparative most rapacious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
unrapacious
相关词
rapaciously rapaciousness rapacity

词源

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).
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