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predatory

音標['predәtәri] 讀音

漢語翻譯

a. 掠奪成性的, 捕食生物的, 掠奪的
【醫】 捕食的

詞型變化:

名詞:predatoriness 副詞:predatorily 

英文解釋:

形容詞 predatory:

  1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
    同義詞:marauding, raiding
  2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
    同義詞:rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
  3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- W.E.Swinton
    同義詞:predaceous, predacious

例句:

  1. A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
    貪婪的人具有貪婪、兇殘或逐利性格的人
  2. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
    掠奪對競爭對手採取的掠奪式的行動,尤指目的在於吸引走競爭組織的人員或成員

詳細解釋:


pred.a.to.ry

adj.(形容詞)
Living by preying on other organisms:
食肉的:靠捕食其它生物體為生的:
例句:
a predatory bird; a predatory mammal; a predatory insect.
食肉性鳥類;肉食性哺乳動物;食肉昆蟲

Of, relating to, or characterized by plundering, pillaging, or marauding.
掠奪性的:掠奪、搶劫或劫掠的、與之相關的或以之為特徵
Living by or given to victimizing or destroying others for one`s own gain.
掠奪成性的:以掠奪他者為生的或為自身利益迫害或毀壞他人的

來源:
Latin praed3tôrius [plundering]
拉丁語 praed3tôrius [掠奪]
from praed3ro [to plunder]
源自 praed3ro [掠,奪]
from praeda [booty] * see ghend-
源自 praeda [掠奪物] *參見 ghend-

【引伸】
pred.ato.rily
adv.(副詞)
pred.ato.riness
n.(名詞)

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