predatory
predatory
adjective
predatorily
adverb
predatoriness
noun
语源
adjective
- relating to or denoting an animal or animals preying naturally on others
以捕食其他动物为生的，食肉的
predatory birds.
食肉性鸟类。
■(figurative)seeking to exploit or oppress others
(喻)掠夺的；掠夺成性的
in pubs she always felt at the mercy of predatory men.
在酒吧，她总觉得自己受掠夺成性的男士摆布。
predatorily
adverb
predatoriness
noun
语源
- late 16th cent. (in the sense relating to plundering): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator, 'plunderer', (see predator)
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