英 [rəˈpæsəti] 美 [rəˈpæsəti]
n. 贪婪；掠夺
rapacity /rəˈpæsɪtɪ/
不可数名词 Rapacity is very greedy or selfish behaviour. 贪婪
He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity."
他辩称说，过分拥挤的城市是建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的制度造成的。
extreme gluttony
同义词： edacity / esurience / rapaciousness / voracity / voraciousness
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
同义词： avarice / greed / covetousness / avaritia
... -acity[名词后缀]构成抽象名词，表示性质、状态、情况、与形容词后缀-acious相对应 rapacity 掠夺 vivacity 活泼，有生气 ...
... 赎身(ransom) 贪婪(rapacity) 流氓(rascal) ...
rapacity(贪欲), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
rapacious 贪婪的；掠夺的
rapaciously 贪婪地；强取地
rape 强奸，掠夺；[园艺] 油菜；葡萄渣
rapaciousness 强取；贪婪
rape 犯强奸罪
rape 强奸；掠夺，抢夺
He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity."
他辩称说，过分拥挤的城市是建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的制度造成的。
Here was neither guile nor rapacity.
在她身上没有狡诈和贪婪。
In much of Western Europe, he is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity.
在许多西欧国家，他是残暴和贪婪的象征。
Instead, the families' objections have more to do with Mr Murdoch's perceived populism, editorial meddling and rapacity.
One day Hirohito's armies were rampaging through China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, leaving a trail of unspeakable cruelty and rapacity.
Griffith shows a city in which the largely law-abiding citizens are in cahoots with their outlaw neighbors and alcohol, violence, and rapacity are the social glue.