predatory
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英 ['pred?t(?)r?]
美['pr?d?t?ri]
- adj. 掠奪的，掠奪成性的；食肉的；捕食生物的
CET6+TEM8TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
predatory 捕食的
來自predator,捕食者。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
- 大型超市的掠奪性價格正威脅著小商店的生計。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a predatory insurance salesman
- 斂財?shù)谋ｋU推銷員
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.
- 在陽臺上她不會遭到猛禽的襲擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.
- 幼蟲生活在地面上，不像成蟲后那么美麗，但是同樣會捕食。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.
- 小公司經(jīng)營者被銀行的掠奪行為嚇壞了。
來自柯林斯例句