predatory

英 [ˈpredətri]

美 [ˈpredətɔːri]

adj.  捕食性的; (在金钱或性关系上)欺负弱小的，压榨他人的

TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.12014 / COCA.11039

牛津词典

adj.

• 捕食性的
  living by killing and eating other animals
• （在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的
  using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage
  1. a predatory insurance salesman
     敛财的保险推销员
  2. a predatory look
     色狼般的眼神

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （动物）捕食性的
  Predatoryanimals live by killing other animals for food.
  1. ...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
  Predatorypeople or organizations are eager to gain something out of someone else's weakness or suffering.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• But China has yet to produce the kind of predatory competitor that could threaten consumer companies at home.
  但对西方消费品公司而言，中国还没有出现那类在其母国对能其构成威胁的强劲竞争对手。
• These farmers can now defend their farms against predatory animals, instead of relying on government intervention.
  现在，这些农户可依靠自身的努力而不是政府的介入来捍卫自己的农田免遭那些掠夺性动物的侵袭。
• Some people were predatory.
  有些人是富有掠夺性的。
• Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs.
  北美洲和欧亚大陆的各种掠夺型犬科食肉哺乳动物，通常成群捕食。
• But this does not mean that Chinese policymakers are knowingly engaging in predatory trading behaviour.
  但这并不意味着，中国的政策制定者有意实施掠夺性的贸易行为。
• Those loans, many of them considered predatory, lit the fuse that led to the global financial meltdown.
  这些贷款其中许多被认为是掠夺性的点燃了全球金融体系崩溃的导火索。
• 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。
• Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
  黑白色食肉型有牙齿和大型背鳍的鲸；常见于寒冷的海水中。
• For one thing, an independent consumer protection bureau could have helped limit predatory lending.
  首先，一个独立的消费者保护局可以起到限制掠夺性贷款的作用。
• A common complaint is that some companies try to monopolize a market through "predatory" or below-cost pricing.
  一种常见的申诉是一些公司通过掠夺性定价或倾销价企图垄断市场。