predator

英 [ˈpredətə(r)]

美 [ˈpredətər]

n.  捕食性动物; 实行弱肉强食的人(或机构); 剥削者; 掠夺者

复数：predators　

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牛津词典

noun

• 捕食性动物
  an animal that kills and eats other animals
  1. the relationship between predator and prey
     捕食性动物与猎物之间的关系
• 实行弱肉强食的人（或机构）；剥削者；掠夺者
  a person or an organization that uses weaker people for their own advantage
  1. to protect domestic industry from foreign predators
     保护本国工业不受外来剥削

柯林斯词典

• 捕食性动物
  Apredatoris an animal that kills and eats other animals.
• N-COUNT 掠夺者；掠夺成性的人（或组织）
  People sometimes refer to predatory people or organizations aspredators.
  1. The company is worried about takeovers by various predators.
     公司担心被各种虎视眈眈的集团收购。

英英释义

noun

• any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  Synonym:predatory animal
• someone who attacks in search of booty
  Synonym:maraudervulturepiranha

双语例句

• They may also be filling an empty niche for a top predator that was once filled by wolves.
  他们可能填补了曾经是狼的顶级掠食者的空缺。
• There is no part of the beetle's body that a predator can safely attack.
  而且它们的捕食者没有谁能在攻击这些甲虫后毫发无损。
• The company is worried about takeovers by various predators.
  公司担心被各种虎视眈眈的集团收购。
• Secondly, the dynamic behavior of a stage-structured prey-predator system with cannibalism for prey and periodic attacking rate for predator is studied.
  其次，研究了具有年龄结构、自食和时变攻击率的捕食-被捕食系统的动力学行为。
• The technology of UAVs has already moved beyond the predator, however.
  然而，无人机的科技已经超越了“掠夺者”。
• What would he have done if attacked by a predator or an invading Klingon?
  他会怎样做，如果被掠夺者袭击，或者克林贡人入侵？
• In the snake's mind, you are a predator!
  在蛇的心中，你就是一个捕食者！
• Perhaps that's what attracted her predator.
  也许正是这个吸引了袭击她的人。
• Let's pretend you're a predator.
  假设你是一个捕食者。
• This study suggests that some challenges will be as unexpected as a cunning predator.
  这项研究表明，一些挑战将同狡诈的捕食者一样难以预料。