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
双语例句
- Also, the competitors and predators of a species often don't reach an island, but competition and predation in the deep sea can be intense.
竞争者和动物天敌通常也不会到达这个小岛，但是深海的竞争和掠食却很猛烈。 - Establishing that a firm is guilty of predation is difficult.
公司如的确存在掠夺性定价的行为，查实将很困难。 - 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。 - DVM of zooplankton under predation pressure and optimal food intake strategy: simulation analysis
浮游动物在捕食压力下的昼夜垂直迁移与最优食物摄取策略：模拟分析 - If you are attracting birds to an area, ensure the birds are not exposed to predation from cats and other domestic animals, or dangers posed by artificial hazards.
如果你把鸟吸引出来，确定附近没有猫狗等猎食者，也没有人为的危险。 - Well, ongoing investigations have revealed that predation is the most likely cause of sea otter decline after all.
目前的研究表明天敌捕食是最可能导致海獭数量减少的原因。 - And Socrates'answer is, of course, the predation of poetry and the arts in Books II and III.
苏格拉底的回答是，当然，见第，II，与，III，册中，对诗学与艺术的描述。 - Study on Technique for Evaluating Predation on Planthoppers in Rice Ecosystem
天敌对稻飞虱捕食作用的评价方法研究 - 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。