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
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- a predatory insurance salesman
敛财的保险推销员 - a predatory look
色狼般的眼神
- a predatory insurance salesman
柯林斯词典
- ADJ （动物）捕食性的
Predatoryanimals live by killing other animals for food.- ...predatory birds like the eagle.
像鹰一样的捕食性动物
- ...predatory birds like the eagle.
- 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.- 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。
- People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.
双语例句
- You're saying the world itself is predatory.
你是说这是一个掠食性的世界。 - Some cats also show behaviour identical to predatory attacks, as if they were chasing mice in their dreams.
一些猫还会表现出等同于捕食性攻击的行为，就像它们在梦境中追逐老鼠一样。 - 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？ - Allegations of predatory pricing have a long history.
对掠夺性定价的指控有着悠久的历史。 - 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。 - 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。 - Predatory Pricing: Economics and Law in the United States and the European Union
掠夺性定价的经济学及法律分析&美国和欧盟的经验与趋势 - Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects.
北美洲的大型食肉蝽，吸食其它昆虫的血。 - The charges included malicious damage, break and enter, predatory driving and driving in a dangerous manner.
对这名男子提起的诉讼罪名包括，驾车恶意闯入、捣毁和破坏。以及以危险方式驾车。 - 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***。