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 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're saying the world itself is predatory.
  你是说这是一个掠食性的世界。
• But this does not mean that Chinese policymakers are knowingly engaging in predatory trading behaviour.
  但这并不意味着，中国的政策制定者有意实施掠夺性的贸易行为。
• 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。