rapaciousness

1. What she was still too new to sense was that this rapaciousness was born not of optimism but desperation.
   她还没有认识到，这种贪婪并不是与生俱来的乐观，而是绝望。
2. Constant has advised several private equity firms that came to realise they needed a public face when their principals were summoned before politicians to account for what was seen as debt-fuelled rapaciousness at the peak of the credit boom.
   康斯登曾为一些私人股本公司提供建议，在他们的业主被传唤到政界人士面前，就信贷繁荣高峰期所谓的债务助长贪婪现象进行解释时，这些公司认识到，他们需要一副公众面孔。

noun

1. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
   1. the greediness of lawyers

   Synonym:    greedinessvoraciousness

2. extreme gluttony

   Synonym:    edacityesuriencerapacityvoracityvoraciousness