英汉词典

predatory 基本解释

adj.

掠夺成性的；食肉的；捕食生物的；

英英释义

predatory[ 'predətəri ]

adj.characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

"predatory warfare"

同义词：maraudingraiding

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

"a predatory bird"

同义词：rapaciousraptorialraveningvulturinevulturous

living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

"predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"

同义词：predaceouspredacious

predatory 相关例句

词组短语

predatory pricing掠夺性订价；掠夺性价格

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Imperialism is predatory by nature.
   帝国主义掠夺成性。
2. We were pestered by predatory salesmen.
   贪心的商人敲了我们竹.
3. A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.
   一个柔弱的文明对那些掠夺成性的自由人来说是一份长期有效的请帖。
4. They could escape from predatory animals.
   他们可以甩脱凶残的野兽。
5. The domesticated cat retains its predatory instincts.
   猫依然保持着捕食动物的天性.

权威例句

Predatory Dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous Faunal Differentiation
HOT SPOTS OF PREDATORY CRIME: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE
A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids
Hundred‐year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes
Predatory dinosaur remains from madagascar: implications for the cretaceous biogeography of gondwana
Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean
REPRODUCTION AND ENERGY RESERVES OF A PREDATORY CARABID BEETLE RELATIVE TO AGROECOSYSTEM COMPLEXITY
Predation on artificial bird nests along an urban gradient: predatory risk or relaxation in urban environments?
Evolution of reversed sexual size dimorphism and role partitioning among predatory birds, with a size scaling of flight performance
Reduced prefrontal and increased subcortical brain functioning assessed using positron emission tomography in predatory and affectiv...