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

• 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。
• In this study, CHD gene intron sequences of18 species of predatory birds were compared and analyzed.
  对18个猛禽CHD基因的一段内含子序列进行比较和分析。
• But China has yet to produce the kind of predatory competitor that could threaten consumer companies at home.
  但对西方消费品公司而言，中国还没有出现那类在其母国对能其构成威胁的强劲竞争对手。
• Those loans, many of them considered predatory, lit the fuse that led to the global financial meltdown.
  这些贷款其中许多被认为是掠夺性的点燃了全球金融体系崩溃的导火索。
• Some people were predatory.
  有些人是富有掠夺性的。
• 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。
• 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
• In this way, you can build predatory/ prey simulations ( as one example).
  通过这种方式，我们可以构建捕食/被捕食仿真（这是是一个例子）。
• 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。
• 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？