preys

英 [preɪz]

美 [preɪz]

v.  捕食; 掠夺; 折磨
prey的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• ( ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principle predator at the top; each level preys on the level below.
  （生态学）一个食物链的层次：主要食肉动物在最顶层，每一层捕食其下一层。
• The image of the monarchy is very carefully managed with local media only allow to lavish preys on the King.
  当地媒体仅在大力颂扬国王时才非常谨慎地使用泰王肖像。
• Restores his heart: when valour preys on reason.
  恢复了他的勇气：当勇猛掠夺了理智。
• And also we could be returning potential seed dispersers, predators, preys, etc.
  我们可能也同时保留了潜在的种子传播者、狩猎者或猎物等等。
• There is nothing here which preys upon them and is bigger.
  没有比它们更大的动物会捕食它们。
• It preys on our humanity& on everything that makes us human.
  它吞噬了我们的人性&吞噬了所有让人成为人的情感。
• Qualitative Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Two Competitive Preys and Two Predators
  含两种竞争食饵和两种捕食者的捕食者&食饵模型的定性分析
• Evaluation of protein and fatty acid nutritive value in 3 preys and artificial feed of juvenile Acipenser sinensis
  中华鲟幼鱼饵料生物及人工饲料的蛋白质和脂肪酸营养价值评价
• The beast preys on living animals.
  这野兽捕食活的动物。
• They have flattened, knife shaped body with bold black-and-white markings that serves as camouflage in catching preys.
  它们有扁平的形如刀状的身体，身体上带有醒目的黑白花纹，可以作为捕猎食物时的伪装。