英语释义

1. to hunt and kill (something) for food
The wolves prey on small animals.

2. to hurt, cheat, or steal from (someone)
criminals who prey on lonely elderly people

片语

prey upon somebody捆扰某人

To prey upon simple people鱼肉乡愚

harry(Harry) （英、瑞）哈里（人名）

tear(Tear) （美）蒂尔（人名）

To prey upon voraciously贪婪地掠夺

英汉例句

• snivvians have long been subjected to slavery, as thalassian slavers prey upon the defenseless people.

  斯尼维亚人被长期奴役，萨拉西亚奴隶主们对这些手无寸铁的人民敲骨吸髓。

• moreover, some diplomats use their credentials to wantonly prey upon chinese women.

  更有甚者，一些外交官利用职务之便肆意玩弄中国女性。

• within our own communities, those who seek to recruit and radicalize individuals will often try to prey upon isolation and alienation.

  在我们国家，那些促使人激进的行动往往会受到孤立和疏远。

• wherever nature has commissioned one creature to prey upon another, she has preserved the balance by forewarning that other creature of what she has done.

  无论大自然受命谁去捕食谁，她总是可以将行动预先警告其他动物，以此维持着平衡。

• the internet can be full of dark, scary people who prey upon people「s naivety and innocence.

  互联网上可能充斥着各种阴森恐怖的人，他们专门猎取那些天真无邪的对象。

• the internet can be full of dark, scary people who prey upon people`s naivety and innocence.

  互联网上可能充斥着各种阴森恐怖的人，他们专门利用人们的天真无邪。

• so it was easy to prey upon and loot them.

  因此，掠夺和洗劫变得轻而易举。

• baboons most often form close bonds with relatives, the researchers said, and the stability of those connections is partly a matter of luck since lions and leopards often prey upon baboons.

  研究者表示，狒狒通常会与亲属建立亲密的关系，不过由于狮子和豹子的捕食，使得这种关系的稳定性含有一定的运气成分。

• the larvae prey upon small aphids.

  这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。

• the flame that in its grosser composition has the taint of earth may prey upon the breast that gives it shelter;

  爱的火焰，由于其中粗俗的部分受到世俗的污染，所以它可能会折磨庇护它的胸膛；

• from abraham lincoln, 16th president of america: 「let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.」

  美国第十六届总统亚伯拉罕。林肯说道：「不要让灰心丧气的感觉抓住你，最终你一定会成功的。」

• stronger animals prey upon weaker ones.

  强大的动物捕食弱小的动物。

• let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. —abraham lincoln, american president.

  不让挫折感把你吞噬，你就一定会成功。 —亚伯拉罕·林肯，美国总统。

• originally from the world sanyassa, the marauders are a species of barbaric, two-meter-plus tall humanoids that prey upon the more peaceful inhabitants of endor」s forest moon.

  这些劫掠者们原先来自桑亚萨星，他们是一个未开化的种族。这个两米多高的人形种族对居住在恩多森林卫星上较和平的土着居民进行掠夺。