Rapacious

(adj.) excessively greedy and grasping; 'a rapacious divorcee on the prowl'; 'ravening creditors'; 'paying taxes to voracious governments' .

手打:奥斯伯特

• But, eyes no less rapacious had watched the growth of the Mounds in years bygone, and had vigilantly sifted the dust of which they were composed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr Venus's mouth screwed itself up, as Mr Boffin's face lengthened itself, Mr Venus not having been prepared for such a rapacious demand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The allies, after the fashion of Peace Congresses, frittered away precious time in more and more rapacious disputes; the Bourbons returned to France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Over the whole slow process of levelling the Mounds, Silas had kept watch with rapacious eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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