Predatory Animals People Adj Killing [Usu N Weakness
This flashcard defines "predatory" as an adjective describing animals that hunt and kill other animals for food, and also people or organizations that exploit the weakness of others for gain.
This flashcard defines "predatory" as an adjective describing animals that hunt and kill other animals for food, and also people or organizations that exploit the weakness of others for gain.
[ADJ 形容词]（动物）捕食性的Predatory animals live by killing other animals for food.
[usu ADJ n]
...predatory birds like the eagle.
像鹰一样的捕食性动物
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[usu ADJ n]
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。
Oxford
preda·tory/ˈpredətri; NAmEˈpredətɔːri/adjective1( technical 术语) (of animals 动物)living by killing and eating other animals 捕食性的2(of people 人)using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage （在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的◆a predatory insurance salesman敛财的保险推销员◆a predatory look色狼般的眼神preda·tory/ˈpredətri; NAmEˈpredətɔːri/
1a predatory animal kills and eats other animals for food2trying to use someone’s weakness to get advantages for yourself – used to show disapproval: predatory pricing
WDF
predatory
[ˈpredətri]
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掠夺的(60%)，捕食生物的(40%)
adj.掠夺的，掠夺成性的；食肉的；捕食生物的
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