rapacious - перевод на русский
rapacious
[rə'peiʃəs]
общая лексика
хищный
прожорливый
прилагательное
общая лексика
жадный
ненасытный
захватнический
грабительский
хищный (о животном)
прожорливый
хищный (о животных)
синоним
rapacious
rapacious adj. 1) жадный 2) прожорливый 3) хищный (о животных) Syn: see greedy
rapacious invaders
мародёры-захватчики
Определение
rapacious
If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour. (FORMAL)
...a rapacious exploitation policy.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
Примеры произношения для rapacious
1. be dealing with a rapacious corporation based
Molecules _ Theodore Gray _ Talks at Google
2. regulating rapacious companies that were destroying children
The Rule of Nobody _ Philip Howard _ Talks at Google
3. especially in the hands of the rapacious
The History of Flash Photography _ Kate Flint _ Talks at Google
4. is you are like a huge, rapacious bastard
A Writer of Things _ Patrick Rothfuss _ Talks at Google
5. was rapacious and not interested in ordinary people.
The Billionaire Raj - A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age _ James Crabtree _ Talks at Google
Примеры употребления для rapacious
1. Some observers argue that teenagers are now just rapacious consumers, like the rest of us.
2. For instance, the super–casino won‘t be the rapacious Las Vegas–style den that some fear.
3. Africa is a rich continent made poor by rapacious western corporations.
4. There are alarm bells, such as the rapacious materialism and perilously high debt levels.
5. He sees blood as the prime lubricant for his rapacious domestic policies.