Reform might quickly be exploited by the very forces it is meant to constrain: rapacious local governments and developers

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。

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A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.

贪婪的人具有贪婪、凶残或逐利性格的人。

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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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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。

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The best method of farming for those in highly productive agricultural societies would be farming made more intelligent and less rapacious.

对农业生产水平很高的一些地区的人而言，最好的耕种方式则是知识含量更高的、不那么贪得无厌的那种。

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Perhaps, given their image as rapacious capitalists, there may be a touch of calculation about their efforts.

然而大家心目中的贪婪的资本家可能为他们的贡献作了计算。

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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。

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Who could possibly object, save a rapacious capitalist?

除了贪婪的资本家以外，还有谁会反对？

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Mr Brown said there was also a global perspective to America's rapacious model of consumption.

布朗先生说，还有一个研究美国掠夺资源模式的全球视角。

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I have a recollection of large, unbending women with great noses and rapacious eyes.

我记得我遇见不少身材壮硕、腰板挺得笔直的女人。这些女人生着大鼻子，目光炯炯。

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Rapacious soldiers looted the houses in the defeated city.

贪婪的士兵洗劫了被打败的城市。

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Rapacious developers soon bought up the land.

不久贪婪的开发商就把这块地全部买下了。

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The paper briefly introduced the way of administration and maintenance for computer in electronic reading rooms of library.

本文简要介绍了对电子阅览室的电脑的维护和管理的方法。

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How to Realize the Distributed Backup and Restore of Movie Resources Under Electronic Reading Rooms Environment

如何实现电子阅览室环境中影视资源的分布式备份与恢复

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At Harvard, our reading rooms are full.

在哈佛大学图书馆，读者坐满了阅览室。

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Informationize Construction of Electronic Reading Rooms based on Digitize Campus

基于数字化校园的电子阅览室信息化建设

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Librarian: You can read them only in one of our reading rooms.

图书员：只能够在我们的阅览室阅读。

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Analysis of the Differences between Special Reading Rooms and General Reading Rooms of the Social Sciences

试析社科专业阅览室与社科普通阅览室的区别

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How to Improve the Usage Rate of Electronic Resources of Digital Reading Rooms in Higher Education Library

如何提高高校图书馆电子阅览室电子资源利用率

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The Development and Application of Electronic Reading Rooms of Open Management System in Newly-Merged Universities

合并高校电子阅览室开放式管理系统的开发与应用

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