predation

英 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

美 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

n.  (动物的)捕食，捕猎行为

复数：predations　

BNC.27521 / COCA.15336

牛津词典

noun

• （动物的）捕食，捕猎行为
  the act of an animal killing and eating other animals

英英释义

noun

• the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
• an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  Synonym:depredation

双语例句

• If you are attracting birds to an area, ensure the birds are not exposed to predation from cats and other domestic animals, or dangers posed by artificial hazards.
  如果你把鸟吸引出来，确定附近没有猫狗等猎食者，也没有人为的危险。
• DVM of zooplankton under predation pressure and optimal food intake strategy: simulation analysis
  浮游动物在捕食压力下的昼夜垂直迁移与最优食物摄取策略：模拟分析
• The time and intensity of seed predation can be a major selective force in the evolution of life-history traits in plants, such as germination rates and production of a soil seed bank.
  捕食者饱和现象被认为是植物和种子捕食者之间的高度协同进化作用的结果，是限制动物破坏种子、提高被扩散种子存活率的一种选择压力。
• And Socrates'answer is, of course, the predation of poetry and the arts in Books II and III.
  苏格拉底的回答是，当然，见第，II，与，III，册中，对诗学与艺术的描述。
• It is particularly important in winter when the risks of predation are high and just one day without food can make the difference between life and death for small birds.
  特别是冬季，捕食风险很高，小鸟就一天没有吃的，就得面临被饿死的境地。
• The predation and spatial heterogeneity on Harmonia axyridis adult to Myzus persicae were determined.
  测定异色瓢虫成虫对桃蚜的捕食功能和空间异质性。
• And third, the uneven pattern of otter decline is better explained by the orca predation theory than by the pollution theory.
  第三，海獭数量变化的不均衡性恰好表明了逆戟鲸捕食理论比污染理论更合理。
• We thus conclude that the aphids have the ability to detect the presence of P.japonica and adopt initiative avoidance responses to reduce the predation risk.
  结论认为，桃蚜可以识别龟纹瓢虫的存在，并对其作出一定的躲避反应，从而降低被捕食的风险。
• This is part of a larger Government programme to reduce Cormorant predation on commercial fish in the fishponds around Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay.
  这样做是为了减少鸬鹚在米埔和内后海湾邻近的商业鱼塘觅食。
• Establishing that a firm is guilty of predation is difficult.
  公司如的确存在掠夺性定价的行为，查实将很困难。