rapacity

美[rə'pæsəti]
  • n. 贪婪;掠夺

词态变化


副词: rapaciously;形容词: rapacious;

英英释意


1. extreme gluttony
2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

英文词源


rapacity (n.)
1540s, from Middle French rapacité (16c.), from Latin rapacitatem (nominative rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax (genitive rapacis) "grasping, plundering," from rapere "seize" (see rapid).

实用场景例句


During the whole process of construction, the operational safty and rapacity of track must be guaranteed.
改建施工期内不影响正线运营安全, 也不降低通过能力.

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