rapacious
adj
(fml 文)
1 greedy, esp for money; grasping 贪婪的; (尤指)贪财的
fall into the clutches of a rapacious landlord 落入一个贪婪的地主手中
rapacious business methods 唯利是图的生意经.
2 plundering and robbing others 抢劫的; 掠夺的
rapacious marauders, invaders, etc 肆意掠夺的强盗、 侵略者等.
In my opinion, the house isn't worththe price they're asking.
在我看来,这房子不值他们出的价钱。
Up to you.
你说了算。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.