preying
英 [ˈpreɪɪŋ]
美 [ˈpreɪɪŋ]
v. 捕食; 掠夺; 折磨
prey的现在分词
现在分词:preying
BNC.37684
柯林斯词典
- See also:Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...These animals were the prey of hyenas.bird of prey
- VERB 捕食;以捕猎…为生
A creature thatpreys onother creatures lives by catching and eating them.- The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them...
其结果就是破坏食物链,使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。 - The larvae prey upon small aphids.
这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
- The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them...
- N-UNCOUNT 伤害的对象;愚弄的对象;欺骗的对象
You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as theirprey.- Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night...
警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。 - This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
- Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night...
- VERB 欺凌,坑害(尤指弱者)
If someonepreys onother people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.- Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways...
帕姆从来不知道有人专门坑骗离家出走的年轻人。 - The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.
这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。
- Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways...
- VERB 不断困扰;折磨;使耿耿于怀
If somethingpreys onyour mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.- The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind...
利兹因为圣诞节时孩子们不在而一直心神不宁。 - He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
他做得不太明智,这一直让他良心不安。
- The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind...
- N-UNCOUNT 受影响;受折磨;受害
If someone isprey tosomething bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.- He was prey to a growing despair...
他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。 - You were both a prey to compulsions.
你俩都太冲动了。
- He was prey to a growing despair...
- PHRASE 受…控制;成为…的牺牲品;受…的影响
Tofall prey tosomething bad means to be taken over or affected by it.- On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic...
在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上,梅希什惊慌失措。 - Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.
疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。
- On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic...
双语例句
- Besides, we examined selection of prey size by Taiwanese woolly bat and tried to deduce height level of their foraging zone within the habitats and their preying mode.
同时也探讨台湾彩蝠对于食物大小的选择情形,并推测其于栖地内主要取食高度或位置以及捕食方式。 - Perfection and Application of New Preying Model of Biological Population Economy
生物种群经济捕获新模型的完善与应用 - Dynamics behavior of a non-autonomous preying model of one prey and tow competitive predator
非自治一食饵-两竞争捕食者模型的动力学行为 - I have a lot of problems preying on my mind.
我有许多困难困扰着我。 - He's been preying on this town for years!
他在这里为非作歹多年! - Our goal for the day is to continue the control of introduced species such as rats, mice and stoats who are preying on birds.
我们今天的目标是继续对引入的、以鸟类维生的生物例如各种老鼠、鼬的控制。 - "I think that this has been preying on his mind," Ferguson told Inside United.
“我想现在就是他的心态问题了,”弗格森爵士告诉《走近曼联》。 - Preying on the bereaved is as low as you can go.
你所能做的就是从死者的家属手里骗钱。 - Siting, drinking thea and preying many time at the day, they are Muslim.
他们整天坐着,或者喝茶,或者祈祷,因为他们是穆斯林。 - Child trafficking is about taking children out of their protective environment and preying on their vulnerability for the purpose of exploitation.
拐卖儿童就是把儿童带出他们受到保护的环境并掠夺他们的弱点,以达到剥削的目的。