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

• Robot weapons, such as the Predator and Reaper drones, have already been used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  人形武器，例如掠夺者、收割机之类，已经在伊拉克和阿富汗投入使用。
• Edward: I'm the world's most dangerous predator.
  爱德华：我是这个世界上最危险的猎手。
• "We could have the predator and the prey together," says O'Shea.
  “我们可以把捕食者与猎物放在一起，”欧谢说。
• That of predator and prey.
  它们是掠食者与猎物的关系。
• The response to freeze is completely hard-wired, so freezing shows us something about both predator and prey.
  对冻结的反应是动物与生俱来的，所以冻结给我们展现的是捕食者和被捕食者双方的特性。
• 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。
• In the snake's mind, you are a predator!
  在蛇的心中，你就是一个捕食者！
• But he didn't pull a Tom Cruise and snap his Predator into a victory roll.
  但是他并没有把汤姆克鲁斯放进胜利的花名册，而是把捕食者放进了胜利的花名册了。
• 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。
• New DNA tests show that Borneo's top predator is one of a kind.
  新的DNA测试表明婆罗洲顶级捕食者是一种。