| 单词 | rapacity |
| 释义 | rapacity (once / 2300 pages) n WORD FAMILY rapacity: rapacious, rapacities+/rapacious: rapaciously, rapaciousness USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe greed, rapacity and ruthlessness constitute a "philosophy" for some people. New York Times(May 21, 2016) Despite her dark wardrobe and wolflike rapacity on stage, she has a softness in person. New York Times(May 06, 2016) The rapacity and industrial scale of the effort to extract jade is fueling a separatist conflict in Kachin state. US News(Oct 22, 2015) 1n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn|Hyper avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace 2n extreme gluttony Syn|Hyper edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity gluttony habitual eating to excess |
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