predation

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  • n.
    掠夺行为

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Example

1. It 's one of the basic processes that ecologists study , along with predation and competition .
它是生态学者研究的基本流程之一,伴随着捕食和竞争而产生。
2. Palmer says wildlife filmmakers are trained to look for the " money shot , " a dramatic scene of predation or copulation , for example .
帕尔默说野生动物纪录片拍摄者们常常需要寻找“金钱镜头”,比如动物捕食和交配的画面。
3. Establishing that a firm is guilty of predation is difficult .
要确定一家公司采取了掠夺性定价是困难的。
4. 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。
5. Most students of ageing agree that an animal 's maximum lifespan is set by how long it can reasonably expect to escape predation , disease , accident and damaging aggression by others of its kind .
大多数学生认为,动物的最长寿命还取决于对它们逃脱各种危险的时间的合理预期,危险包括被捕食、疾病、意外事故以及其他动物的危险侵犯。

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