新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

preyIELTS重点词汇

英 [preɪ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

1. [U 不可数名词] 猎物
A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live.
双语例句
例：
Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.
电鳐释放大量的电荷将他们的猎物击昏。
例：
These animals were the prey of hyenas.
这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。
2. [U 不可数名词] （某人的）坑害对象
You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey.
双语例句
例：
Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night.
警官们埋伏起来等待捉拿那些夜间悄悄追踪作案对象的歹徒。

VERB. 动词

preys , preying , preyed
1. [I 不及物动词] 捕食
A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them.
近义词
feed , hunt
双语例句
例：
The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.
后果是破坏食物链，使许多动物和捕食它们的动物饿死。
例：
The larvae prey upon small aphids.
这些幼虫捕食小蚜虫。
2. [I 不及物动词] 坑害
If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.
双语例句
例：
Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways.
帕姆从来都不知道有些人专门坑害离家出走的年轻人。
3. [I 不及物动词] 困扰
If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
近义词
weigh
双语例句
例：
It was a misunderstanding and it preyed on his conscience.
这是个误会，让他的良心很不安。

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