英汉词典

prey upon 基本解释

释义

捕食，掠夺，折磨；

prey upon 相关例句

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. As a tiger stalks his prey, they hunted him.
   他们追捕他犹如猛虎捕食。
2. Stronger animals prey upon weaker ones.
   强大的动物捕食弱小的动物。
3. Instead, he wants to throw money at social problems and slap more taxes on the rich, and he is using his oratorical powers to prey on people's fears.
   相反，他想能把更多的钱用于解决社会问题，让富人交更多的税，他那雄辩的力量是建立在人们的担忧之上。
4. What made a father suddenly express the fear of demonic influence upon a young son who until then had been a confessed Christian?
   对于这位早已被承认为基督徒的年轻人，他父亲为何突然表现出担忧，怕他受到魔的影响呢？

权威例句

Gasterosteus aculeatus l.
A new species of Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae) whose larvae prey upon the eggs of Leptodactylus fuscus (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Mosquito Larvae (Culiseta longiareolata) Prey Upon and Compete with Toad Tadpoles (Bufo viridis)
Unexpected Effects of Predators Upon Their Prey: The Case of the American Alligator
Population-level consumption by Atlantic coastal striped bass and the influence of population recovery upon prey communities
Predatory Copepods and Bosmina: Replacement Cycles and Further Influences of Predation Upon Prey Reproduction
Zooplankton feeding ecology: Predation by the marine cyclopoid copepod Corycaeus amazonicus F. Dahl upon natural prey
A new species of (Diptera, Phoridae) whose larvae prey upon the eggs of (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Chapter 8 – Detection of Protein–Protein Interactions in the Live Cell Plasma Membrane by Quantifying Prey Redistribution upon B...
The influence of eating and rejecting prey items upon feeding and food searching behaviour in Gasterosteus aculeatus L