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

• You're saying the world itself is predatory.
  你是说这是一个掠食性的世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You don't think she was completely un-classy and predatory?
  难道你不认为她低俗和暴露了一点？
• 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。
• Some people were predatory.
  有些人是富有掠夺性的。
• 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。
• These farmers can now defend their farms against predatory animals, instead of relying on government intervention.
  现在，这些农户可依靠自身的努力而不是政府的介入来捍卫自己的农田免遭那些掠夺性动物的侵袭。
• We need better consumer protection laws, including laws that prevent predatory lending.
  第五。我们需要更好的法令来保护消费者，包括防止吞噬性借贷的发生。