Prey

[preɪ] or [pre]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) animal hunted or caught for food.

(noun.) a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; 'he fell prey to muggers'; 'everyone was fair game'; 'the target of a manhunt'.

(verb.) profit from in an exploitatory manner; 'He feeds on her insecurity'.

艾伦校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

(n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

(n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

(n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

整理:马文

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Plunder (to satisfy the appetite), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin.

杰西整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Spoil, booty, plunder, rapine, pillage, victim, seizure, loot

ANT:Earnings, hues, rights

阿玛莉亚整理

解釋/意思:

n. that which is taken by robbery or force: booty: plunder: that which is or may be seized to be devoured: a victim: depredation: (Shak.) the act of seizing.—v.i. to take plunder: to seize and devour: to waste or impair gradually: to weigh heavily (on or upon) as the mind.—adj. Prey′ful (Shak.) having a disposition to prey on others.—Beast of prey one who devours other animals.

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