predation

英 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

美 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

n.  (动物的)捕食，捕猎行为

复数：predations　

BNC.27521 / COCA.15336

牛津词典

noun

• （动物的）捕食，捕猎行为
  the act of an animal killing and eating other animals

英英释义

noun

• the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
• an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  Synonym:depredation

双语例句

• Induction Problem and Its Significance in Scientific Epistemology; The importance of predation as an exploitation strategy may be summarized under four main categories.
  科学认识论中的归纳问题及其意义捕食作用作为一种掠夺性的对策其重要意义可归纳为四个主要方面。
• And third, the uneven pattern of otter decline is better explained by the orca predation theory than by the pollution theory.
  第三，海獭数量变化的不均衡性恰好表明了逆戟鲸捕食理论比污染理论更合理。
• Early in man's history, we literally risked our lives against predation to protect our fat stores.
  在人类发展历史的早期，我们曾拼命地冒着风险保护我们的脂肪免受其他捕食动物的掠夺。
• The predation of Anguilla japonica on3 different body lengths of Macrobrachium nipponense was studied based on the predator-prey relationship theory.
  采用捕食者.猎物间捕食效应研究方法，研究了日本鳗鲡对3种体长规格日本沼虾的捕食效应。
• Predation is even trickier to uncover when goods are sold together.
  在捆绑销售商品时，掠夺性定价就更难发现了。
• Effect on population dynamics of reed voles Microtus fortis by food, predation and interspecific competition
  食物、捕食和种间竞争对东方田鼠种群动态的作用
• Corporate Governance, Predation of Capital Market and Market-entry Barrier& Case Study on Air China's Bidding for China Eastern
  公司治理、资本市场掠夺和市场进入障碍&国航竞购东航的案例分析
• Before civilisation intervened, such chronic loneliness would have been so rare ( because isolated individuals are so vulnerable to predation) that evolution would have ignored it.
  在文明到来之前，这种常态性的孤独非常罕见（因为单独的个体易被捕食），进化就把它忽略了。
• Given that China wasn't too long ago an isolated, impoverished backwater, vulnerable to predation from without and collapse from within, becoming the second most important pillar of the international system would scarcely constitute a 'loss.'
  鉴于中国在不久前还是一个受孤立的贫穷落后的国家、易于遭到外部掠夺并容易从内部分崩离析，成为国际体系的第二大支柱肯定算不上失败。
• The predation and spatial heterogeneity on Harmonia axyridis adult to Myzus persicae were determined.
  测定异色瓢虫成虫对桃蚜的捕食功能和空间异质性。