单词乎

predatory

音标['predәtәri]

汉语翻译

a. 掠夺成性的, 捕食生物的, 掠夺的
【医】 捕食的

词型变化

名词:predatoriness 副词:predatorily 

英语解释

形容词 predatory:

  1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
    同义词:marauding, raiding
  2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
    同义词:rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
  3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- W.E.Swinton
    同义词:predaceous, predacious

例句

  1. A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
    贪婪的人具有贪婪、凶残或逐利性格的人
  2. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
    掠夺对竞争对手采取的掠夺式的行动,尤指目的在于吸引走竞争组织的人员或成员

详细解释


pred.a.to.ry

adj.(形容词)
Living by preying on other organisms:
食肉的:靠捕食其它生物体为生的:
例句:
a predatory bird; a predatory mammal; a predatory insect.
食肉性鸟类;肉食性哺乳动物;食肉昆虫



Of, relating to, or characterized by plundering, pillaging, or marauding.
掠夺性的:掠夺、抢劫或劫掠的、与之相关的或以之为特征的
Living by or given to victimizing or destroying others for one`s own gain.
掠夺成性的:以掠夺他者为生的或为自身利益迫害或毁坏他人的

来源:
Latin praed3tôrius [plundering]
拉丁语 praed3tôrius [掠夺]
from praed3ro [to plunder]
源自 praed3ro [掠,夺]
from praeda [booty] * see ghend-
源自 praeda [掠夺物] *参见 ghend-

【引伸】
pred.ato.rily
adv.(副词)
pred.ato.riness
n.(名词)

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