pred·a·to·ry

adjective

/ˈpredətri/

/ˈpredətɔːri/

(specialist) (of animals) living by killing and eating other animals捕食性的Topics Animalsc2
(of people) using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage（在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的
- a predatory insurance salesman用高压手段推销的保险推销员
- a predatory look狞视

Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to plundering’): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.

单词	predatory
释义	pred·a·to·ry adjective /ˈpredətri/ /ˈpredətɔːri/ (specialist) (of animals) living by killing and eating other animals捕食性的Topics Animalsc2 (of people) using weaker people for their own financial or sexual advantage（在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的 a predatory insurance salesman用高压手段推销的保险推销员 a predatory look狞视 Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to plundering’): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.
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