Rapacious means always wanting more money, goods, or land than you need or have a right to, and grabbing for it. It is greed with a taking hand.

Rapacious means always wanting more money, goods, or land than you need or have a right torapacious指的是一直想要比你需要或有權擁有的更多的錢、東西或土地, and grabbing for it而且會伸手去搶. It is greed with a taking hand這是一種會動手搶奪的貪婪

Writers use it of companies, landlords, and strong people who squeeze others; it is a formal, rather hard word, closer to news and books than to the dinner table. Everyday English is more likely to say greedy or grabbing. Greedy can be a child with cake; rapacious adds 'too much, and not theirs to take'.

Writers use it of companies, landlords, and strong people who squeeze others作者常用它形容壓榨別人的公司、房東和強勢的人; it is a formal, rather hard word這是個正式、語氣頗重的詞, closer to news and books than to the dinner table比較常出現在新聞和書裡，不是餐桌閒聊. Everyday English is more likely to say greedy or grabbing日常英文比較常說greedy或grabbing. Greedy can be a child with cakegreedy可以用來說一個貪吃蛋糕的小孩; rapacious adds 'too much, and not theirs to take'rapacious多了「拿太多、而且本來就不該拿」的意思

Though actually, people do stretch it a little: a rapacious appetite is a huge hungry one, still with that grabbing feel, even when money is not the point.

Though actually不過其實, people do stretch it a little人們也會稍微引申用法: a rapacious appetite is a huge hungry onea rapacious appetite指的是一種很誇張的飢餓感, still with that grabbing feel仍然帶著那種想搶的感覺, even when money is not the point就算跟錢沒關係也一樣

It is not praise.

It is not praise這不是稱讚