喜樂美語
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    Describes an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food, like a predatory bird that hunts small animals. It's also used about people or businesses that are unfair or cruel, taking advantage of people who are weaker or in a difficult position - like 'predatory lending,' loans designed to trap poor people in debt.

    掠食性的；（人、企業）掠奪性的、佔人便宜的

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組成From Latin praeda (prey, something captured). Predatory literally means 'behaving like a predator.'

同家族的字

  • predatorthe animal (or person) that hunts - shares the same Latin root praeda
  • preythe animal being hunted - comes from the same Latin root

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

predatoryadj/ˈpɹɛdət(ə)ɹi/

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    Of, or relating to a predator.

    • Harry Kane was back to his predatory best after struggling in the group stage, following up his goal against Germany by poking home a superb pass from Raheem Sterling after only four minutes.
    • And while there are plenty of benches, there's little shelter from the wind (or predatory seagulls the size of dogs) out on the platforms.
  • 2

    Living by preying on other living animals.

    • The mark of his father’s early life was strong upon him and enhanced by months of association with beasts, from whom the imitative faculty of youth had absorbed a countless number of little mannerisms of the predatory creatures of the wild.
  • 3

    Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

    • predatory lending
    • predatory inclusion

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。