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

• 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。
• We need better consumer protection laws, including laws that prevent predatory lending.
  第五。我们需要更好的法令来保护消费者，包括防止吞噬性借贷的发生。
• For one thing, an independent consumer protection bureau could have helped limit predatory lending.
  首先，一个独立的消费者保护局可以起到限制掠夺性贷款的作用。
• Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
  黑白色食肉型有牙齿和大型背鳍的鲸；常见于寒冷的海水中。
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人。
• Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
  大型的原始食肉类昆虫，有两对膜翅。
• 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 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。
• Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects.
  北美洲的大型食肉蝽，吸食其它昆虫的血。
• 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？