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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4181 COCA: 5502
prey
noun [U] /preɪ/
  1. 1
    an animal that is caught by another animal and eaten 猎物;捕获物

    Spiders usually catch their prey by building webs. 蜘蛛一般通过织网来捕捉猎物。

     Synonyms and related words
    General animal types: adult, amphibian, animal...
    See also bird of prey
  2. 2
    someone that a criminal or dishonest person attacks, cheats, or harms (袭击、欺骗或伤害的)对象,受害者

    a hired killer stalking his prey 受雇的杀手悄悄逼近受害者

    easy prey :

    Homeless children were easy prey for drug dealers and pimps in the capital. 无家可归的儿童轻易就成了首府城市里贩毒者和皮条客们的猎物。

prey
verb /preɪ/
present tense
I/you/we/theyprey
he/she/itpreys
present participlepreying
past tensepreyed
past participlepreyed

or prey upon

phrase

  • prey on someone's mind

    if something preys on your mind, you think and worry about it all the time 精神上折磨某人

    The criticism preyed on my mind. 这些批评一直在精神上折磨着我。

     Synonyms and related words

phrasal verb

prey on

or prey upon

[T]
present tense
I/you/we/theyprey on
he/she/itpreys on
present participlepreying on
past tensepreyed on
past participlepreyed on
  1. 1
    [prey on/upon someone] to harm someone who is weak or cannot defend themselves 恃强凌弱;欺负

    The gang has been preying on foreign tourists. 那伙人一直欺负外国游客。

     Synonyms and related words
    To treat someone unfairly: prey on, discriminate, oppress...
  2. 2
    [prey on/upon something] to hunt another creature in order to eat it 捕食(其他生物)
     Synonyms and related words
     Synonyms and related words
    Animal behaviour: beach, bite, bite...
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4181 COCA: 5502
prey

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEeasy容易被矇騙的人Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers.青少年很容易被不擇手段的毒品販子矇騙。helpless, unsuspecting無助的/毫無戒心的獵物They watched a hawk swoop down on its unsuspecting prey.他們看到一隻鷹向毫無戒備的獵物猛撲過去。VERB + PREYchase, circle, hunt for, look for, pursue, stalk追趕獵物;搜尋獵物;跟踪獵物spot發現獵物capture, pounce on捕獲/猛撲向獵物a cat pouncing on its prey猛撲向獵物的貓devour, kill吞食/殺死獵物PREPOSITIONprey for⋯的獵物The young deer are ideal prey for the leopard.小鹿是豹的理想獵物。prey to (figurative) ⋯的犧牲品She was prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.她受着各種矛盾情感的折磨。PHRASESa beast of prey, a bird of prey猛獸/猛禽be prey to sth, fall prey to sth (both figurative) 是⋯的犧牲品;成為⋯的犧牲品The new government has fallen prey to corruption and fraud.新一屆政府深受腐敗與欺詐之苦。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4181 COCA: 5502

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