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单词

rapaciousness

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rə'peiʃəsnis
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释义

n. 强取;贪婪

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The popular image of John is of a classically bad king: a scheming, untrustworthy coward consumed by greed, whose rapaciousness drove his subjects to impose their will upon him.
而约翰在人们心目中的普遍形象就是一个昏君:诡计多端, 利令智昏的懦夫,其贪心之甚终导致群起而攻之。
The rap doesn't shy away from the nation's problems. Air pollution is mentioned. So are entrepreneurs whose rapaciousness sickened babies with melamine-laced milk and expired vaccines.
这首说唱没有回避中国的问题。空气污染被提到了。因不良商家的贪婪,而生产导致婴儿患病的三聚氰胺奶粉,还有过期疫苗。

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