predatory
英 ['predət(ə)rɪ]
美['prɛdətɔri]
- adj. 掠夺的，掠夺成性的；食肉的；捕食生物的
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
双语例句
- 1. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
- 大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a predatory insurance salesman
- 敛财的保险推销员
来自《权威词典》
- 3. She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.
- 在阳台上她不会遭到猛禽的袭击.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.
- 幼虫生活在地面上，不像成虫后那么美丽，但是同样会捕食。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句