ra·pac·i·ty /rəˈpæsəti/
搶奪,貪慾,貪婪
Ra·pac·i·ty n.
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. “The rapacity of some ages.”
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rapacity
n 1: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness,
voracity, voraciousness]
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed,
covetousness, avaritia]