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predation

/pri-dey-shuhn/US // prɪˈdeɪ ʃən //UK // (prɪˈdeɪʃən) //

掠夺,捕食,掠食,摄食

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : depredation; plundering.
    • : act of plundering or robbing.
    • : predatory behavior.
    • : a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others.

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Examples

  • The nonprofit Wild Animal Initiative, for example, believes we should reduce all kinds of animal suffering, even, perhaps, suffering due to predation.

  • A similar process of political facsimile, this time mimicking QAnon’s tendency to baselessly allege sexual predation, is also occurring worldwide.

  • Flattening his alleged predation into SVU tropes steers us away from the question of why 17-year-olds make dating profiles for old men and put them online with cute selfies.

  • One of Darwin’s great insights was the idea that everyday events—small mutations, predation, competition—could slowly change species, given time.

  • Catnip probably didn’t evolve in response to predation from ancient mosquitoes or fruit flies, he says.

  • Starvation, disease, war, and predation were common threats for a majority of our evolutionary history.

  • WGA is classified as a lectin—a term for a protein produced by an organism to protect itself from predation.

  • This “double whammy” of predation and competition enables jellyfish to cripple a food chain by essentially nibbling at its ankles.

  • The whole thing combines a French disregard for sexual predation with our own culture of uptight sensationalism.

  • The transition from peace to predation therefore depends on the growth of technical knowledge and the use of tools.

  • The conventions of the business world have grown up under the selective surveillance of this principle of predation or parasitism.

  • Young in the nest would seem to be especially susceptible to predation by the pilot black snake.

  • Further verification of predation on mammals, reptiles and amphibians by this species is needed.

  • In addition to known predation by mountain lions and coyotes on porcupines, the bobcat kills porcupines.