prey

英 [preɪ]

美 [preɪ]

n. 猎物; 受害者; 受骗者
v. 捕食; 掠夺; 折磨

过去分词：preyed　现在分词：preying　过去式：preyed　复数：preys　第三人称单数：preys　

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短语用例

prey on/upon sb/sth

捕食；猎获
to hunt and kill another animal for food
1. The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.
  狮子经常悄然跟踪猎物达几个小时。
2. birds of prey (= birds that kill for food)
  猛禽
欺凌，坑骗，敲诈（弱者）
to harm sb who is weaker than you, or make use of them in a dishonest way to get what you want
1. Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.
  老年人容易上狡诈推销员的当。

习惯用语

be/fall prey to sth

被捕食；成为猎物
to be killed and eaten by another animal or bird
受害；受坏影响
to be harmed or affected by sth bad

prey on sb's mind

萦绕心头；使耿耿于怀
to make sb think and worry about it all the time

牛津词典

noun

猎物
an animal, a bird, etc. that is hunted, killed and eaten by another
1. The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.
  狮子经常悄然跟踪猎物达几个小时。
2. birds of prey (= birds that kill for food)
  猛禽
受害者；受骗者
a person who is harmed or tricked by sb, especially for dishonest purposes
1. Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.
  老年人容易上狡诈推销员的当。

verb

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。

英英释义

noun

animal hunted or caught for food
Synonym:quarry
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
1. he fell prey to muggers
2. everyone was fair game
3. the target of a manhunt
Synonym:quarrytargetfair game

verb

prey on or hunt for
1. These mammals predate certain eggs
Synonym:ravenpredate
profit from in an exploitatory manner
1. He feeds on her insecurity
Synonym:feed

双语例句

The hunters stalked their prey.
猎人潜行追踪猎物。
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。
Tourists have become easy prey
游客成了易遭袭击的目标。
The leopard bounded on the prey.
那只豹扑向猎物。
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。
The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.
狮子经常悄然跟踪猎物达几个小时。
When we save tigers, we help save the biodiversity of their prey populations and habitats.
当我们拯救老虎时，我们也帮助拯救了它们捕食的动物群和栖息地的生物多样性。
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。
The larvae prey upon small aphids.
这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
These animals were the prey of hyenas.
这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。