predators

英 [ˈprɛdətəz]

美 [ˈprɛdətərz]

n.  捕食性动物; 实行弱肉强食的人(或机构); 剥削者; 掠夺者
predator的复数

柯林斯词典

• 捕食性动物
  Apredatoris an animal that kills and eats other animals.
• N-COUNT 掠夺者；掠夺成性的人（或组织）
  People sometimes refer to predatory people or organizations aspredators.
  1. The company is worried about takeovers by various predators.
     公司担心被各种虎视眈眈的集团收购。

双语例句

• Young birds are very vulnerable to predators.
  幼小的鸟易受食肉动物伤害。
• Snakes are not just predators: they are prey, and have inventive ways of defense.
  蛇不仅是食肉动物，也是被掠食者，它们有自己独创的防御方式。
• Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
  但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
• Like chili plants, tarantulas produce agony-inflicting toxins designed to repel would-be predators, researchers say.
  同辣椒类的植物相似，狼蛛也能产生会引起不适反应的毒素来击退潜在的掠食者。
• I suppose such fears reflect instincts that emerged to protect us against predators and starvation.
  我想，这些担忧反映出了为保护我们自己不受掠夺者和饥饿威胁而出现的本能。
• They also float on the sea's surface, though the position makes them vulnerable to aquatic predators.
  它们也会浮在海面，尽管这个位置会让它们易受到水生掠食者的攻击。
• Predators? Were a threat to the herd.
  食肉动物对牧群是个威胁。
• Researchers collected wild dragonfly larvae, and placed them in tanks with fish or insect predators.
  研究人员们采集了野生蜻蜓的幼虫，把它们与鱼类或食昆虫的生物们放在一起饲养。
• Predators or people close to wild animals, can be directly affected by the virus.
  人猎食或亲近野生动物，可直接受到病毒感染。
• In many communities insects play a key role as herbivores and predators.
  在许多群落中，昆虫作为植食动物和捕食者起着重要的作用。