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.
  1. 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。
  2. The larvae prey upon small aphids.
     这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
     这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 不断困扰；折磨；使耿耿于怀
  If somethingpreys onyour mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. He was prey to a growing despair...
     他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。
  2. You were both a prey to compulsions.
     你俩都太冲动了。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.
     疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。

双语例句

• These money troubles are always preying on my mind.
  这些财务问题总是困扰着我。
• Any animal that lives by preying on other animals.
  靠捕食其它动物生活的动物。
• 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。
• Just as zebras are alert to a preying lion, so our ears tune in to colleagues 'chatter.
  就如斑马会警惕捕猎的狮子，我们的耳朵也会注意同事的闲聊。
• Practically all of the crime I encountered in New York was a preying of the opium-eaters on the working community.
  我在纽约遇到的犯罪现象中，几乎全是瘾君子对劳动群体的劫掠。
• He's been preying on this town for years!
  他在这里为非作歹多年！
• They were like devils preying on the people in the past.
  在过去他们凶神恶煞般地鱼肉百姓。
• Bonus sexy points: She went from preying on men to playing the clueless girlfriend of a serial killer on Dexter.
  性感评价：她伪装成一名小小女孩，无知而又惧怕德克斯特的连环杀手，这样的伪装使她成功的引来了猎物们。
• The amphibiants were hunters, preying on worms, insects and other invertebrates.
  两栖类动物是捕食蠕虫、昆虫及其他无脊椎动物的猎手。
• The shorters are accused of preying on companies and driving down their stock through collusion, issuing negative research to manipulate the stock and spreading rumours.
  对卖空者的指责是：他们通过共谋、发布负面研究报告以操纵股价以及散布谣言等方式，对公司进行掠夺，推动其股价下跌。