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英['predətri] 美['predətɔːri]

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adj. (形容词)

Adjective:

characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding;
"bands of marauding Indians"
"predatory warfare"
"a raiding party"
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;
"a predatory bird"
"the rapacious wolf"
"raptorial birds"
"ravening wolves"
"a vulturine taste for offal"
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain;
"predatory capitalists"
"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"
"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"

1. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.: 大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。

4. 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。

5. 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。

用作形容词 (adj.)

Imperialism is predatory by nature.
帝国主义掠夺成性。
We were pestered by predatory salesmen.
贪心的商人敲了我们竹.
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。
They could escape from predatory animals.
他们可以甩脱凶残的野兽。
The domesticated cat retains its predatory instincts.
猫依然保持着捕食动物的天性.

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