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

• Predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth.
  有屏障样腭和坚固牙齿的热带食肉性鱼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• These farmers can now defend their farms against predatory animals, instead of relying on government intervention.
  现在，这些农户可依靠自身的努力而不是政府的介入来捍卫自己的农田免遭那些掠夺性动物的侵袭。
• 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。