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基本釋義

n.
被捕食的動物; 捕食(習(xí)性); 受害者; 受騙者
v.
捕食; 欺凌

實(shí)用例句

The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.

獅子經(jīng)常悄然跟蹤獵物達(dá)幾個小時。

牛津詞典

birds of prey (= birds that kill for food)

猛禽

牛津詞典

Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.

老年人容易上狡詐推銷員的當(dāng)。

牛津詞典

Bogus social workers have been preying on old people living alone.

冒牌社會福利工作員不斷坑害獨(dú)居老人。

牛津詞典

Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...

電鰩能放出強(qiáng)大的電流把獵物擊暈。

These animals were the prey of hyenas.

這些動物是鬣狗的獵物。

The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them...

其結(jié)果就是破壞食物鏈,使很多動物和那些以捕食它們?yōu)樯膭游镳I死。

The larvae prey upon small aphids.

這種幼蟲以小蚜蟲為食。

Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night...

警察設(shè)伏等待那些在晚上跟蹤目標(biāo)伺機(jī)作案的歹徒。

This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

這個夜賊覺得老人容易下手。

Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways...

帕姆從來不知道有人專門坑騙離家出走的年輕人。

The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.

這項(xiàng)調(diào)查聲稱信貸公司專對那些已經(jīng)負(fù)債的弱勢家庭下手。

The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind...

利茲因?yàn)槭フQ節(jié)時孩子們不在而一直心神不寧。

He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.

他做得不太明智,這一直讓他良心不安。

He was prey to a growing despair...

他被與日俱增的絕望折磨著。

You were both a prey to compulsions.

你倆都太沖動了。

On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic...

在從巴黎飛往土倫的航班上,梅希什驚慌失措。

Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.

疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

游隼捕到鳥類獵物時,通常是先拔掉它們的羽毛,再把肉撕下來.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He found her an easy prey.

他覺得她可欺.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Cats prey upon mice.

貓捕鼠.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

It attacks its prey with great ferocity.

它非常兇猛地攻擊獵物.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The insect anchored fast to its prey.

這昆蟲緊緊地抓住它的獵物不放.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The tiger anchor ed fast to its prey.

這只老虎緊緊地抓住獵物不放.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

The hawk chops upon its prey.

老鷹猛地向它要捕食的動物撲去.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

The leopard bounded on the prey.

那只豹撲向獵物.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.

毒蛇咬住獵物之后馬上注入毒液.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

According to a newly published study, cats seem to be able to predict the location of hiding prey (獵物) using both their ears and an inborn (天生的) understanding of how the physical world works.

2018年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey.

2019年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

The researchers conclude that cats hunting style may have developed based on their common-sense abilities to infer where prey is, using their hearing.

2018年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Because he's on the run from what he describes as a disease that preys on every artist: "ease of use".

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

They have fallen prey to wolves.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

lions are primarily ambush hunters, so when they feel their prey has spotted them, they usually give up on the hunt.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

A strong link is found between two species when a predator sticks to one prey species.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 題設(shè)

And if a predator can move on to another species that is easier to find when a prey species becomes rare, the switch allows the original prey to recover.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

The prey species they directly attack will die out.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

When a predator always eats huge numbers of a single prey, the two species are strongly linked; when a predator lives on various species, they are weakly linked.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Time was when biologists somewhat overworked the evidence that these creatures preserve the health of game by killing the physically weak, or that they prey only on "worthless"species.

出自-2010年考研翻譯原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

    "he fell prey to muggers"

    "everyone was fair game"

    "the target of a manhunt"

  • 2. animal hunted or caught for food

Verb
  • 1. profit from in an exploitatory manner;

    "He feeds on her insecurity"

  • 2. prey on or hunt for;

    "These mammals predate certain eggs"

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