predatory是什么意思？

predatory

英[ˈpredətri] 美[ˈpredətɔri]

• adj. 掠夺成性的，食肉的，捕食生物的；

例句

• 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.
• She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah. 在阳台上她不会遭到猛禽的袭击.
• a predatory insurance salesman 敛财的保险推销员
• 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。
• 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?
• He strongly criticized the genetic industry as greedy anarchical, predatory, and confused. 他尖锐地批判了基因工业的几大问题:贪婪、无法 、 掠夺和混乱.
• 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。
• ...predatory birds like the eagle. 像鹰一样的捕食性动物
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  （动物）捕食性的
  Predatory animals live by killing other animals for food.
  例句
  ...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
  Predatory people or organizations are eager to gain something out of someone else's weakness or suffering.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  食肉性的；捕食性的
  She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah. 在阳台上她不会遭到猛禽的袭击。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding;
  "bands of marauding Indians""predatory warfare""a raiding party"
  2. 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"
  3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain;
  "predatory capitalists""a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton