rapacious
adjective /rəˈpeɪʃəs/
/rəˈpeɪʃəs/
(formal, disapproving)- wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to
synonym grasping贪婪的;贪欲的;强取的 - He describes the world of finance as ‘a casino full of rapacious capitalists’.
他将金融界描述为“一个充满贪婪资本家的赌场”。
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch’) + -ious. - He describes the world of finance as ‘a casino full of rapacious capitalists’.