prey on somebody/something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprey on somebody/something phrasal verb1 HBAif an animal or bird preys on another animal or bird, it hunts and eats it → predator Cats prey on birds and mice.2 TRICK/DECEIVEto try to deceive or harm weaker people religious cults that specialize in preying on young people3 prey on somebody’s mindWORRIED to make someone worry continuously The accident has been preying on my mind all week. → prey→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusprey on somebody’s mind• But his main preoccupation was with the unfinished Requiem, which had begun to prey on his mind.• Important items which are left have a habit of preying on the mind.• It was Tatiana preying on his mind.• It began to prey on my mind so much that I went to the casualty department of Charing Cross Hospital.

单词	prey on somebody/something
释义	prey on somebody/something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprey on somebody/something phrasal verb1 HBAif an animal or bird preys on another animal or bird, it hunts and eats it → predator Cats prey on birds and mice.2 TRICK/DECEIVEto try to deceive or harm weaker people religious cults that specialize in preying on young people3 prey on somebody’s mindWORRIED to make someone worry continuously The accident has been preying on my mind all week. → prey→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusprey on somebody’s mind• But his main preoccupation was with the unfinished Requiem, which had begun to prey on his mind.• Important items which are left have a habit of preying on the mind.• It was Tatiana preying on his mind.• It began to prey on my mind so much that I went to the casualty department of Charing Cross Hospital.
随便看	there is not much in it there is nothing sinister about there is nothing to choose between there is odd about there is safety in numbers there is sinister about there is something wrong/something is wrong there is something/nothing sinister about somebody/something there is unusual about there is wrong is wrong there is/are there is/exists/remains etc there isn't much call for there isnt much call for there isn’t much call for something there it is they are etc there it is you are you go there it is you there you go there it is/there they are etc there it is/there you are/there you go there it there they are etc there it there you are you go there it there you there you go there ought to be a law against there ought to be a law against something