predatory

/'predәtәri/ uk　 词频 #11039

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predatory 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 掠夺成性的, 捕食生物的, 掠夺的

[医] 捕食的

英文释义

s. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

predatory 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 predatory 在自然语境里怎么用：

One of its components, the Early Warning Journal List, was meant to alert scholars to predatory journals.

—— Closure of China’s influential journal ranking leaves academics reeling — what will take its place?

But new research suggests that their earliest relatives may have played a far more predatory role in ocean ecosystems.

—— Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

How predatory minds use victim narratives to get what they want from others.

—— Why Some People Always See Themselves as the Victim

Three men have been found guilty of raping a woman on Brighton beach in a "cynical, predatory and callous attack".

—— Three men guilty of 'callous' Brighton beach rape

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