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

• 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。
• Allegations of predatory pricing have a long history.
  对掠夺性定价的指控有着悠久的历史。
• The stone marten is a predatory nocturnal mammal with feeding habits similar to those of domestic cats.
  岩貂是一种夜间食肉哺乳动物，它的饮食习惯与家猫相似。
• A common complaint is that some companies try to monopolize a market through "predatory" or below-cost pricing.
  一种常见的申诉是一些公司通过掠夺性定价或倾销价企图垄断市场。
• Positive and negative cross-advertising elasticities imply the presence of both cooperative and predatory effects.
  正面和负面的两岸广告弹性暗示在场的双方合作和掠夺性的影响。
• There is no hope of a recovery to the good old days of unregulated predatory market fundamentalism.
  没有任何一个恢复的希望对无人管理掠食的市场原教旨主义的过去的好时光。
• 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
• 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。
• The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws.
  猫头鹰是一种食肉鸟类，它用爪子杀死猎物。
• 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。