prey /preɪ/ CET6 TEM4 ( preying, preyed, preys )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT-COLL A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. 猎物

  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。

• 2. 

  V-I A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them. 捕食

  例：

  The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.

  后果是打断食物链，使许多动物和捕食它们的动物饿死。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey. (某人的) 坑害对象

  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黑帮成员。

• 4. 

  V-I 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. 坑害 [表不满]

  例：

  Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways.

  帕姆从未了解到有些人专门坑害那些年轻的离家出走者。

• 5. 

  V-I If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it. 困扰

  例：

  It was a misunderstanding and it preyed on his conscience.

  这是个误会，让他的良心很不安。