| 单词 | rapacious |
| 释义 | rapacious (once / 4181 pages) adj Something rapacious is out to devour — anything, and little can stand in its way. A rapacious landlord is out for more rent, and a rapacious eater is only satisfied at the all-you-can-eat buffet. A 17th-century word, from the Latin rapere, "to snatch," rapacious originally described the people and animals who often preyed on weaker creatures and devoured them, by eating them or by ruining them through some scandal. Modern-day companies even get the label rapacious when their appetites for profit seem to devour "lesser" interests, like the environment and employee benefits. WORD FAMILYrapacious: rapaciously, rapaciousness+/rapacity: rapacious, rapacities USAGE EXAMPLESHe backed Remain this time to preserve shadow cabinet unity, though he also talked of preserving EU employment rights from rapacious Tories. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) Luxuriously pliant but restrictive nonetheless, they functioned as armature, shielding Jackie from a rapacious public and, at the same time, defining her. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Proulx presents a thrilling, 300-year saga about the vast forests and the rapacious timbermen who enabled the United States to conquer the world. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey the rapacious wolf Syn predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends 2adj excessively greedy and grasping a rapacious divorcee on the prowl Syn ravening, voracious acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas 3adj devouring or craving food in great quantities a rapacious appetite Syn edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
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