英语词汇“fall prey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Chiefly in singular. Frequently in phrases, as fall (a) prey, make a prey.

a. A person who is pursued or controlled by another; a person who is easily deceived or harmed. Also figurative and in extended use.

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a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 124 At min endin-day þe warlais þai wil be her fort take þair pray.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judith ix.3 Þou ȝeue þe wymmen of þem in to prey, þe doȝtris of þem in to caitifte.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 269 (MED) Opon þe þrid day, at a toun hamelet, Thomas was his pray, as he to mete was set.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5143 Unto Love I was so thrall, Which callith overall his pray.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 14 (MED) Lete me not be þe feendis pray.

a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 108 (MED) Than seyd the prynce of helle..‘Let vs stonde styfly ageyn that we be not takyn wyth the prey that we haue.’

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxj The Emperour setteth forth against them new proclamations, and maketh them a praye vnto all men.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 74 Her matrones became a prey and prise to euery Rauisher.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxxviii Like to make us a prey to the common enemy.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 138 The host Should self-abandon'd fall an easy prey.

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 674 Jerusalem fell an easy prey to his arms.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 194 A man who had hitherto been the prey of gamesters.

1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ iv. 72 [He] falls an easy prey to the sharper.

1954 G. D. H. Cole Hist. Socialist Thought II. xiii. 362 Communities breaking new ground were in constant danger of becoming the prey of fraudulent financiers and bankers.

1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives i. 5 I was shocked by the lunges of a man in a taxi. Unprotected by family, you were prey.

β. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) 78 The chyuetayns..yeuen weye to their enemyes and made the peple proye to them.1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 403 The caluinian Ministers defraudis al seik personnes..that thay may be a mair easie proye and acceptable buttin to Sathan.

b. A victim of something harmful or undesirable; a person who is vulnerable to distressing thoughts or emotions. Chiefly with to.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. i. 210 I banish her my Bed, and Companie, And giue her as a Prey to Law and Shame.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 121 The slow creeping Evil eats his way, Consumes the parching Limbs; and makes the Life his prey .

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 26 Given up a Prey to a thousand Prejudices.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 130 His subjects..were..a prey to every species of subaltern oppression.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 27 An unresisting prey to that inscrutable toothache.

1918 E. Pound Pavannes & Divisions 43 My soul's antennæ are prey to such perturbations.

1947 P. Larkin Let. 14 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 140 My sister is..a prey to every bugaboo that ever afflicted a nursing mother, from infantile paralysis downwards.

2003 Word May 113/1 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools..warned that the teaching of history was increasingly falling prey to ‘Hitlerisation’.

单词	fall prey
释义	> as lemmas fall (a) prey 2. Chiefly in singular. Frequently in phrases, as fall (a) prey, make a prey. a. A person who is pursued or controlled by another; a person who is easily deceived or harmed. Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ α. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 124 At min endin-day þe warlais þai wil be her fort take þair pray. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judith ix.3 Þou ȝeue þe wymmen of þem in to prey, þe doȝtris of þem in to caitifte. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 269 (MED) Opon þe þrid day, at a toun hamelet, Thomas was his pray, as he to mete was set. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5143 Unto Love I was so thrall, Which callith overall his pray. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 14 (MED) Lete me not be þe feendis pray. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 108 (MED) Than seyd the prynce of helle..‘Let vs stonde styfly ageyn that we be not takyn wyth the prey that we haue.’ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxj The Emperour setteth forth against them new proclamations, and maketh them a praye vnto all men. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 74 Her matrones became a prey and prise to euery Rauisher. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. lxxviii Like to make us a prey to the common enemy. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 138 The host Should self-abandon'd fall an easy prey. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 674 Jerusalem fell an easy prey to his arms. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 194 A man who had hitherto been the prey of gamesters. 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ iv. 72 [He] falls an easy prey to the sharper. 1954 G. D. H. Cole Hist. Socialist Thought II. xiii. 362 Communities breaking new ground were in constant danger of becoming the prey of fraudulent financiers and bankers. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives i. 5 I was shocked by the lunges of a man in a taxi. Unprotected by family, you were prey. β. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) 78 The chyuetayns..yeuen weye to their enemyes and made the peple proye to them.1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 403 The caluinian Ministers defraudis al seik personnes..that thay may be a mair easie proye and acceptable buttin to Sathan. b. A victim of something harmful or undesirable; a person who is vulnerable to distressing thoughts or emotions. Chiefly with to. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. i. 210 I banish her my Bed, and Companie, And giue her as a Prey to Law and Shame. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 121 The slow creeping Evil eats his way, Consumes the parching Limbs; and makes the Life his prey . View more context for this quotation 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 26 Given up a Prey to a thousand Prejudices. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 130 His subjects..were..a prey to every species of subaltern oppression. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 27 An unresisting prey to that inscrutable toothache. 1918 E. Pound Pavannes & Divisions 43 My soul's antennæ are prey to such perturbations. 1947 P. Larkin Let. 14 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 140 My sister is..a prey to every bugaboo that ever afflicted a nursing mother, from infantile paralysis downwards. 2003 Word May 113/1 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools..warned that the teaching of history was increasingly falling prey to ‘Hitlerisation’. extracted from preyn. < as lemmas
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