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"he fell prey to muggers"
"everyone was fair game"
"the target of a manhunt"
"He feeds on her insecurity"
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
1.猎物;捕食对象
A creature'sprey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live.
e.g. Electric rays stun theirprey with huge electrical discharges...
电鳐能放出强大的电流把猎物击晕。
e.g. These animals were theprey of hyenas.
这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。
2.捕食;以捕猎…为生
A creature thatpreys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The larvaeprey upon small aphids.
这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
3.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 .
e.g. Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk theirprey at night...
警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。
e.g. This burglar thought old people are easyprey.
这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
4.欺凌,坑害(尤指弱者)
If someonepreys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The survey claims loan companiesprey 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。
5.不断困扰;折磨;使耿耿于怀
If somethingpreys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
6.受影响;受折磨;受害
If someone isprey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.
e.g. He wasprey to a growing despair...
他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。
e.g. You were both aprey to compulsions.
你俩都太冲动了。
7.受…控制;成为…的牺牲品;受…的影响
Tofall prey to something bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
prey的反义词
e.g. On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fellprey to panic...
在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上,梅希什惊慌失措。
e.g. Children in evacuation centres are fallingprey to disease.
疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。
1. 被捕食者:4、阅读:讲了生态学中的cyclicpopulationchange,说在一个生态系统(ecosystem)中,生物之间的数量(population)是互相影响的,捕食者(predator)和被捕食者(prey)的数量有一个均衡点.
2. 狮口惊魂:国内对电影的引进制度实在很值得商榷;好看的电影其实多得数不过来,可是被国市引进并且公映的电影似乎很不尽如人意. 前阵子的<>(prey)以及最近的这部<>
3. 被掠食者:在食物鍊中,鹦鹉并非是置身於顶端的,它也是猛禽等掠食者(predator)的食物之一,为被掠食者(prey),所以互咬打架,这种让自己会有受伤虚弱以至於沦为被猎食对象的行为,除非必要,否则它们也是万般不愿意的(如保护幼鸟、保护地域等),
Sea-anemones capture larger prey.
出自:A. HardyHyaenas start tearing at the legs of any prey in reach.
出自:D. MorrisAlert for the mountain lions that would prey upon his father's sheep.
出自:A. C. ClarkeYou are obviously preying on her good nature.
出自:G. GreeneOswald is a hard-hearted cynic who preys on the weakness of others.
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1、考生用用户名和密码登录系统。2、阅读承诺书并确认。3、进入填报页面。4、点击要填写的批次,进入志愿填写页面。5、如果考生在填报过程中需要修改志愿者信息,可以在指定时间内进行自愿修改。6、考生自愿验证正确后,安全退出系统。7、各阶段自愿填写完成后,系统将关闭3小时。