rapaciously
adverb formal uk/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.li/ us/rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs.li/
巧取豪夺地,贪婪地,掠夺地
in a way that has or shows a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
The company has rapaciously increased its high charges. 该公司贪婪地提高了本已高昂的收费。
Their economy has been growing rapaciously. 他们的经济一直在迅猛增长。
See: rapacious
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- He was rapaciously greedy in dealings with his publishers.
- These energy companies acted so rapaciously.
- She plays the rapaciously ambitious editor of a tabloid magazine.