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

• 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。
• During developmental aggregation and predatory lifestyle, gliding motility is very important for myxobacteria.
  粘细菌的滑动运动对其发育聚集和扑食过程都是非常重要的。
• Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs.
  北美洲和欧亚大陆的各种掠夺型犬科食肉哺乳动物，通常成群捕食。
• The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws.
  猫头鹰是一种食肉鸟类，它用爪子杀死猎物。
• A common complaint is that some companies try to monopolize a market through "predatory" or below-cost pricing.
  一种常见的申诉是一些公司通过掠夺性定价或倾销价企图垄断市场。
• Predatory Pricing: Economics and Law in the United States and the European Union
  掠夺性定价的经济学及法律分析&美国和欧盟的经验与趋势
• 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。
• For one thing, an independent consumer protection bureau could have helped limit predatory lending.
  首先，一个独立的消费者保护局可以起到限制掠夺性贷款的作用。
• 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。
• The charges included malicious damage, break and enter, predatory driving and driving in a dangerous manner.
  对这名男子提起的诉讼罪名包括，驾车恶意闯入、捣毁和破坏。以及以危险方式驾车。