predators

英 [ˈprɛdətəz]

美 [ˈprɛdətərz]

n.  捕食性动物; 实行弱肉强食的人(或机构); 剥削者; 掠夺者
predator的复数

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。

双语例句

• Young birds are very vulnerable to predators.
  幼小的鸟易受食肉动物伤害。
• Researchers collected wild dragonfly larvae, and placed them in tanks with fish or insect predators.
  研究人员们采集了野生蜻蜓的幼虫，把它们与鱼类或食昆虫的生物们放在一起饲养。
• When will new predators, parasites and competitors also move in?
  新的捕食者、寄生生物、竞争者何时能够到达？
• A savanna full of predators, after all, was not a place to get distracted.
  毕竟，充满捕食者的热带稀树大草原并不是一个会让人分心的地方。
• Their prey is usually small fish or predators.
  它们的猎物通常是小鱼或捕食者。
• Their wispy dorsal fins contain toxin-filled needles used to dissuade would-be predators.
  它们的小束状的背鳍含有毒素-充满针刺过去常常劝阻将到的食肉动物。
• I suppose such fears reflect instincts that emerged to protect us against predators and starvation.
  我想，这些担忧反映出了为保护我们自己不受掠夺者和饥饿威胁而出现的本能。
• Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
  但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
• Predators or people close to wild animals, can be directly affected by the virus.
  人猎食或亲近野生动物，可直接受到病毒感染。
• In many communities insects play a key role as herbivores and predators.
  在许多群落中，昆虫作为植食动物和捕食者起着重要的作用。