predator

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pred·a·tor /ˈpredətə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1. HBAan animal that kills and eats other animals 掠食动物，捕食性动物 → prey →4 See picture of 见图 predator

2 CRUELsomeone who tries to use another person’s weakness to get advantages 利用别人的弱点谋取利益的人，损人利己的人

a sexual predator

性侵犯者

Examples from the Corpus

predator• They also suspect that the move against wolves is part of a wider campaign against predators.• The toxins defend them against predators, and most interestingly against the effects of bacteria and fungi.• In due course the numbers will be drastically reduced by natural mortalities, disease and predators being the chief causes.• The long spines of the sea urchins protect them from most predators.• The more striking the colours, the easier they are to remember - no predator is likely to forget these particular insects.• This beetle discharges a very hot fluid from a special gland at potential predators.• It is a skill predators will readily learn.

From Longman Business Dictionary

predatorpred·a·tor /ˈpredətə-ər/ noun [countableC] journalismFINANCE

a company which takes advantage of another company weaker than itself, for example by trying to buy it

They want to prevent the business falling into the hands of an overseas predator.

Origin predator

(1900-2000) Latin praedator, from praedari; → PREDATORY

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