predatory是什么意思_predatory怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain;"predatory capitalists"
"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"
"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"

中英词源

predatory 捕食的

来自predator,捕食者。

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.

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权威造句

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。

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

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

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。

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。

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近反义词

predatory dumping 掠夺性倾销

predatory insect 捕食性昆虫,肉食性害...

predatory exploitation 捕食取利

predatory feeding 捕食饲养

predatory fishes 肉(掠)食性鱼类...

predatory pricing 掠夺性要价,掠夺性价...

predatory bird 捕食鸟

predatory price cutting 竞争性削价

相似短语

predatory fish 掠食性鱼类

predatory insect 肉食性害虫

predatory bird 捕食鸟

predatory animal phr. 食肉动物；掠夺者

predatory pricing 掠夺性要价, 掠夺性价格

predatory exploitation 捕食取利

predatory feeding 捕食饲养

predatory dumping 恶意倾销

predatory war 【法】掠夺性的战争

predatory price cutting 竞争性削价，竞争性削价，不顾血本地削价

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