predatory

pred·a·to·ry

P0514800 (prĕd′ə-tôr′ē)adj.1. Living or characterized by preying on other animals: a predatory insect; predatory instincts.2. a. Living or characterized by plundering, pillaging, or marauding.b. Living or characterized by the exploitation of others for personal gain: predatory business practices.

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[Latin praedātōrius, plundering, from praedārī, to plunder, from praeda, booty; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

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pred′a·to′ri·ly adv.pred′a·to′ri·ness n.

predatory

(ˈprɛdətərɪ; -trɪ) adj1. (Zoology) zoology another word for predacious¹2. of, involving, or characterized by plundering, robbing, etc[C16: from Latin praedātōrius rapacious, from praedārī to pillage, from praeda booty] ˈpredatorily adv ˈpredatoriness n

pred•a•to•ry

(ˈprɛd əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

adj. 1. preying upon other organisms for food. 2. characterized by plunder, robbery, or exploitation: predatory tactics. 3. engaging in or living by these activities: predatory bands of brigands. 4. acting with or indicative of rapacious, greedy, or selfish motives. [1580–90; < Latin praedātōrius. See predator, -tory¹] pred`a•to′ri•ly, adv. pred′a•to`ri•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	predatory - characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"marauding, raidingoffensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
	2.	predatory - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous, raptorialaggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"
	3.	predatory - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swintonpredaceous, predaciousacquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

predatory

adjective1. hunting, ravening, carnivorous, rapacious, raptorial, predacious predatory birds like the eagle2. plundering, ravaging, pillaging, marauding, thieving, despoiling predatory gangs3. rapacious, greedy, voracious, vulturous, vulturine predatory business practices

Translations

捕食其它动物的肉食的

predator

(ˈpredətə) noun a bird, eg a hawk, or animal, eg a lion, that attacks and kills others for food. 食肉動物 食肉动物ˈpredatory adjective living by attacking and feeding on others. a predatory animal. 捕食其它動物的，肉食的 捕食其它动物的，肉食的