predatory

英 [ˈpredətri]

美 [ˈpredətɔːri]

adj.  捕食性的; (在金钱或性关系上)欺负弱小的，压榨他人的

TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.12014 / COCA.11039

牛津词典

adj.

• 捕食性的
  living by killing and eating other animals
• （在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的
  using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage
  1. a predatory insurance salesman
     敛财的保险推销员
  2. a predatory look
     色狼般的眼神

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （动物）捕食性的
  Predatoryanimals live by killing other animals for food.
  1. ...predatory birds like the eagle.
     像鹰一样的捕食性动物
• ADJ-GRADED 掠夺性的；弱肉强食的；损人利己的
  Predatorypeople or organizations are eager to gain something out of someone else's weakness or suffering.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
  大型的原始食肉类昆虫，有两对膜翅。
• Predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth.
  有屏障样腭和坚固牙齿的热带食肉性鱼。
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人。
• Some people were predatory.
  有些人是富有掠夺性的。
• Those loans, many of them considered predatory, lit the fuse that led to the global financial meltdown.
  这些贷款其中许多被认为是掠夺性的点燃了全球金融体系崩溃的导火索。
• But China has yet to produce the kind of predatory competitor that could threaten consumer companies at home.
  但对西方消费品公司而言，中国还没有出现那类在其母国对能其构成威胁的强劲竞争对手。
• The stone marten is a predatory nocturnal mammal with feeding habits similar to those of domestic cats.
  岩貂是一种夜间食肉哺乳动物，它的饮食习惯与家猫相似。
• Some cats also show behaviour identical to predatory attacks, as if they were chasing mice in their dreams.
  一些猫还会表现出等同于捕食性攻击的行为，就像它们在梦境中追逐老鼠一样。
• In this way, you can build predatory/ prey simulations ( as one example).
  通过这种方式，我们可以构建捕食/被捕食仿真（这是是一个例子）。
• 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。