rapacious

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• adj.貪婪的；貪欲的；強(qiáng)取的
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)強(qiáng)奪的；掠奪的；異常貪婪的

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In the end, it was not rapacious politicians who killed the Company, but the greed and power of its managers and shareholders.

最終導(dǎo)致東印度公司走向毀滅的，不是貪婪的政治家，而是東印度公司經(jīng)理及股東的貪婪和影響力。

Modern Americans -- shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media --like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes.

當(dāng)代美國(guó)人是在鬧哄哄的政治和苛刻的媒體環(huán)境下成長(zhǎng)起來(lái)的，他們覺(jué)得自己在直面錯(cuò)誤方面堪稱是專家。

Several of the Arab countries represented in the President's office needed the United States to fend off threats from rapacious neighbors.

有幾個(gè)阿拉伯國(guó)家派人到總統(tǒng)辦公室聲稱，它們需要美國(guó)的援助，來(lái)抵擋貪得無(wú)厭的鄰國(guó)的威脅。

Those were not the consideration that drove tHis rapacious beast from His den into the open!

把這只貪婪的野獸從窩里趕出來(lái)的并不是這些考慮！

Its rapacious demand for commodities has been one of the main causes of the rise in commodity prices.

中國(guó)對(duì)大宗商品的貪婪需求一直是大宗商品價(jià)格上漲的一個(gè)主要原因。

Perhaps, given their image as rapacious capitalists, there may be a touch of calculation about their efforts.

然而大家心目中的貪婪的資本家可能為他們的貢獻(xiàn)作了計(jì)算。

The lovers attract the attentions of a rapacious gang, who descend on them, searching for non-existent booty.

這對(duì)愛(ài)人引起了貪婪的剛的注意，為了尋找并不存在的寶藏他襲擊了他們。

The hunters drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open.

獵人們將這只貪婪的野獸從窩里趕出來(lái)。

Mr Brown said there was also a global perspective to America's rapacious model of consumption.

布朗先生說(shuō)，還有一個(gè)研究美國(guó)掠奪資源模式的全球視角。

And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.

他一心想要答謝一位貪婪的老兵，為他的選舉幫了忙。

They might also usefully improve transport by, say, building bridges over rivers prone to flooding, which would cut out rapacious middlemen.

他們也可能采取一些措施有效地提高運(yùn)輸，比方說(shuō)，在易發(fā)生洪水的河段建設(shè)跨河橋，這將撇開(kāi)貪婪的中間商。

People who prefer meat only are apt to be bad-tempered, aggressive, rapacious and greedy.

只喜歡進(jìn)食肉類的人更容易脾氣暴躁、富有攻擊性，占有欲更強(qiáng)、貪念更多。

Culturally, the bourgeoisie has been regarded, from Moliere to Balzac, as mean, avaricious, tasteless, reactionary and rapacious.

在文化方面，從莫里哀到巴爾扎克都認(rèn)為資產(chǎn)階級(jí)是卑鄙，貪婪，庸俗，反動(dòng)和好掠奪的。

In Tunisia, a rapacious first family indulged in widespread racketeering, alienating every social class.

在突尼斯，貪婪的第一家庭沉溺于廣泛的敲詐勒索中，而疏遠(yuǎn)了社會(huì)各階層。

A little gussying-up of bank balance sheets. Maybe, just maybe, some feeble protection against rapacious credit card lenders.

CEO薪資福利的小小調(diào)整，修飾了的銀行資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表，以及對(duì)貪婪的信用卡發(fā)行商可能的，只是可能的，蒼白管制。

But legislation to protect consumers from rapacious bankers has had unintended consequences, too.

然而，從貪婪的銀行家中保護(hù)消費(fèi)者的立法也會(huì)有著意想不到的后果。

For many Chinese, daily life remains a grim struggle, and their government rapacious, arbitrary and corrupt (see article).

對(duì)很多中國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，每天的生活都是在苦苦掙扎，而他們的政府貪婪、獨(dú)裁和腐敗。

Sporting clubs which constitute the traditional sports institutions in the world today are rapacious social instruments.

今天的世界中，傳統(tǒng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)機(jī)構(gòu)組成的運(yùn)動(dòng)俱樂(lè)部是貪婪的社會(huì)工具。

Japan, instead, adopted a policy of rapacious requisitioning, driving many farmers to give up.

相反，日本因?yàn)?/c>擁有一個(gè)貪婪腐敗的政府導(dǎo)致了很多農(nóng)民放棄耕種。

Locals often have bitter memories of rapacious Western colonialists and Arab slave traders.

當(dāng)?shù)厝?/c>普遍對(duì)貪婪的西方殖民者和阿拉伯奴隸販子有著苦澀的回憶。

To pay bribes to tax police and fire inspectors; to kowtow to rapacious mayors and governors.

可以對(duì)稅警和消防檢查員行賄；對(duì)貪婪的市長(zhǎng)和州長(zhǎng)百依百順。

Those who commit themselves and are not rapacious should be honoured and loved.

那些獻(xiàn)身于你而且不貪婪的應(yīng)該得到寵信和鐘愛(ài)。

Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant): I think you are a rapacious little bitch.

馬汀?特維（休?葛蘭）：我認(rèn)為妳是一個(gè)既貪又狠的小賤人。

Those tourists, too, had less fun than they let on: they grumbled about the food, their rapacious guides and the discomforts of travel.

同樣地，那些游客得到的樂(lè)趣遠(yuǎn)比他們花出去的錢少，對(duì)食物、貪心的導(dǎo)游和旅途的不舒適頗多怨言。

THE story of oil has many villains: greedy oil-company executives, rapacious dictators, shady middlemen and the like.

石油的領(lǐng)域有許多的罪惡：貪婪的石油公司高層；貪心不足的獨(dú)裁者；可疑的中間商等等。

They often end up 50% higher than recommended, and are then usually disregarded by rapacious fishermen.

超過(guò)50%的提議不被采納，然后其余提議也被貪婪的漁民所漠視。

But Mr Stone is more interested in skewering rapacious financiers than rash homeowners.

但是比起魯莽的業(yè)主來(lái)說(shuō)，斯通先生更對(duì)煎烤那些貪婪的金融家感興趣。

A decade of rapacious consolidation has made JPMorgan Chase the world's largest bank outside China.

10年的貪婪并購(gòu)讓摩根大通（JPMorganChase）成為中國(guó)以外地區(qū)的第一大銀行。

If the Monkey Lounge feels laidback and decorous, M1nt is loud and brash, rapacious like its sharks.

如果說(shuō)MonkeyLounge給人從容而端莊之感，那么MINT則如同其鯊魚(yú)一樣招搖、傲慢和貪婪。

Now these are being unwound, once-rapacious lenders are more circumspect, consumers less flush and car showrooms less frantic.

現(xiàn)在，刺激效應(yīng)正在減退，曾經(jīng)貪婪的貸款機(jī)構(gòu)變得謹(jǐn)慎起來(lái)，消費(fèi)者減少了揮霍，汽車展廳不再那么熱鬧。

Jolly, rapacious devils who didn't even give you time to button your pants when it was over.

她們全是一伙快活而又貪婪的魔鬼，完事之后連系褲子的時(shí)間都不給你。

A pig has already become rapacious and savage!

一頭豬已經(jīng)成了狼心狗肺！

The root cause of all these trends is the same: a rapacious human economy bringing the world swiftly to the brink of chaos.

造成所有這些趨勢(shì)的根源是同一個(gè)：貪婪的人類經(jīng)濟(jì)迅速地將世界帶到混亂的邊緣。

In America we now have the twin enablers of criminal or rapacious behavior: no honor and no shame.

我們美國(guó)現(xiàn)在有兩個(gè)鼓勵(lì)犯罪或者說(shuō)貪婪的行為的因素：一個(gè)是沒(méi)有榮譽(yù)感，一個(gè)是沒(méi)有羞恥心，這兩者總是相伴共生。

I have a recollection of large , unbending women with great noses and rapacious eyes .

我記得我遇見(jiàn)不少身材壯碩、腰板挺得筆直的女人。這些女人生著大鼻子，目光炯炯。

Reform might quickly be exploited by the very forces it is meant to constrain: rapacious local governments and developers

改革很快會(huì)受到那些本來(lái)應(yīng)該被平抑的力量的剝削：貪婪的當(dāng)?shù)?/c>政府和開(kāi)發(fā)商。