1540s, from Middle French rapacité (16c.), from Latin rapacitatem (nominative rapacitas) "greediness," from rapax (genitive rapacis) "grasping, plundering," from rapere "seize" (see rapid).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity".