predation
pronunciation
UK [prɪˈdeɪʃn]
US [prɪˈdeɪʃn]
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- n.
- 掠夺行为
Word Origin
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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