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predatory

英 ['predət(ə)rɪ] 美['prɛdətɔri]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

adj. 掠夺的，掠夺成性的；食肉的；捕食生物的

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中文词源

predatory 捕食的

来自predator,捕食者。

英英释意

1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding;: "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;: "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain;: "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton

英文词源

predatory: predatory: see prey
predatory (adj.): 1580s, "involving plundering," from Latin praedatorius "pertaining to plunder," from praedator "plunderer," from praedor "to plunder," from praeda "prey" (see prey (n.)). Of animals, from 1660s.

考试真题

A parallel situation exists in respect of predatory mammals and fish-eating birds.

Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.

实用场景例句

a predatory insurance salesman: 敛财的保险推销员

a predatory look: 色狼般的眼神

...predatory birds like the eagle.: 像鹰一样的捕食性动物

People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.: 小公司经营者被银行的掠夺行为吓坏了。

Predatory violence that farmers in the east of the Elbe serfdom countries and regions is rare.: 这种掠夺农民的暴行在易北河以东的农奴制国家和地区的确是罕见的.

The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.: 公司投入大量精力来防止来自非善意性竞争者的收购投标.

A predatory striker who plays off the shoulders of the last defender.: 嗅觉灵敏的射手,擅于突破最后一名后卫的防守.

She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.: 在阳台上她不会遭到猛禽的袭击.

Predatory Instincts doesn't work with Bear and Dire Bear form anymore.: 狩猎天性不再作用于熊或巨熊形态.

Allegations of predatory pricing have a long history.: 对掠夺性定价的指控有着悠久的历史.

During developmental aggregation and predatory lifestyle , gliding motility is very important for myxobacteria.: 粘细菌的滑动运动对其发育聚集和扑食过程都是非常重要的.

Both want more government spending and regulation to protect individuals against predatory companies.: 他们也都要求政府增加开支和规管,来保护个人对抗那些掠夺性的大公司.

They could escape from predatory animals.: 他们可以甩脱凶残的野兽.

He strongly criticized the genetic industry as greedy anarchical, predatory, and confused.: 他尖锐地批判了基因工业的几大问题:贪婪、无法、掠夺和混乱.

A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.: 一个柔弱的文明对那些掠夺成性的自由人来说是一份长期有效的请帖.

Sam's interest tends towards the reputedly'ugly'and predatory side of the sea.: 山姆钟情于海洋所谓 “ 丑陋 ” 和弱肉强食的一面.

Campylomma chinensis Schuh is a predatory mirid bug and is very common in Southern China.: 中华微刺盲蝽是一种重要的捕食性天敌,在华南地区分布极为普遍.

The point seems particularly clear for the young of predatory animals.: 这一点在食肉动物的幼兽身上表现得特别明显.

Neither predatory lending nor the selling of mortgages on pretenses caused the crisis.: 引起危机的根源即不是掠夺性借贷,也不是在虚假的前提下销售抵押产品.

They lie in shallow water to escape the predatory attentions of fish.: 它们呆在浅水里以躲避被大鱼盯上而“捕食”.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot.: 有人视私人企业为应射杀的猛虎.

Both Intesa and Sanpaolo managed to outmanoeuvre big, predatory shareholders to join forces.: 无论是Intesa银行还是Sanpaolo银行都竭力招徕胃口极大的大股东加盟.

There was nothing predatory.: 没有一点弱肉强食的意味.

This paper will review the development of predatory pricing theory.: 本文将对掠夺性定价理论的发展进行比较全面的综述.

They lie in shallow water to escape the predatory attentions of bigger fish.: 它们呆在浅水里以躲避被大鱼盯上而捕食.

Predatory fish that eat other fish also build up contaminants.: 吃其它鱼类为生的掠食性鱼也会累积污染物.

Whirlpools of small, metallic blue fish; barracuda, gliding like silver submarines; occasionally, a lone predatory shark.: 一群群泛着金属光泽的蓝色小鱼; 梭鱼, 像银色潜水艇一样滑行; 偶尔, 也有一只孤独的捕食鲨鱼.

And the diversity of predatory arthropod was higher than that of resistant variety rice.: 而各品种之间多样性差异较小,中抗品种优势度较高.

a predatory insurance salesman: 敛财的保险推销员