rapacious

1. Locals often have bitter memories of rapacious western colonialists and arab slave traders .

当地人普遍对贪婪的西方殖民者和阿拉伯奴隶贩子有着苦涩的回忆。

2. The official narrative is that their country was once ruthlessly exploited by rapacious foreigners .

按照官方的叙述，中国曾经遭到贪婪的外国人的无情剥削。

3. And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard .

他一心想要答谢一位贪婪的老兵，为他的选举帮了忙。

4. Its rapacious demand for commodities has been one of the main causes of the rise in commodity prices .

中国对大宗商品的贪婪需求一直是大宗商品价格上涨的一个主要原因。

5. But legislation to protect consumers from rapacious bankers has had unintended consequences , too .

但旨在保护消费者不受贪婪的银行家所害的法律，亦造成了意外的后果。

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