rapacious
adj. 贪婪的; (尤指)贪财的; 抢劫的; 掠夺的
If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
...a rapacious exploitation policy.
贪婪的剥削政策
1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;
2. excessively greedy and grasping;
3. devouring or craving food in great quantities;
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
Hawks and other rapacious birds may be killed at any time.
隼和其他捕食动物的鸟随时可能被捕杀.
Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.
老鹰和其他贪婪的鸟类捕食各种小动物.
He looked somehow rapacious.
他看起来有些凶悍.
No nation omits to record the actions of their ancestors, however bloody, savage and rapacious.
每个民族都不会消除他们祖先的历史记录,不论他们祖先的行为多么血腥, 野蛮和贪婪.