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n. 被捕食的動物;捕食（習性）;受害者;受騙者;
vi. 捕食;（疾病等）使人慢慢衰弱;折磨;（人）靠欺詐為生;
?? 詞根助記
prey(prey)→掠食；犧牲者；捕食；掠奪
?? 例句
Stronger animals prey upon weaker ones.
強大的動物捕食弱小的動物。
The tiger rushed at its prey.
老虎向它的捕掠對象撲過去。
The eagle seized its prey in a tenacious grip.
鷹將捕獲物緊緊抓住.
They fell themselves a prey.
他們自己也成了犧牲品了。
And ever with your prey still catch your praise,
你永遠以你捕捉的獵物獲得禮贊，
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ prey-犧牲品,pray-祈禱:為戰爭的犧牲品祈禱
※ pr-拼音“仆人”,ey-拼音“鍔魚”:仆人捕食鍔魚
※ prey-獵取食物,pray-祈禱:獵取食物前,猛獸先祈禱
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
prey
n
1 [U]
(a) animal, bird, etc hunted and killed by another for food 被捕食的動物; 捕獲物
a beast/bird of prey, ie one that kills and eats others, eg a tiger, an eagle 食肉猛獸[禽]（如虎、 鷹）
The lion stalked its prey through the long grass. 那獅子在很深的草叢里潛步逼近獵物.
Mice and other small creatures are the owl's prey. 老鼠以及其他小動物都是貓頭鷹的捕食物.
(b) (fig 比喻) person who is exploited or harmed by another; victim 被剝削者; 受損害者; 犧性品
She was easy prey for dishonest salesmen. 她很容易地讓奸商敲了竹杠.
2 (idm 習語) be/fall prey to sth
(a) (of an animal) be hunted and killed for food by another （指動物）被捕食, 成為其他動物的捕獲物
The zebra fell prey to the lion. 那斑馬被獅子捕食.
(b) (of a person) be greatly troubled or tormented by sth （指人）為某事物所苦, 受到某事物的折磨
She was prey to irrational fears. 她遭受著無端恐懼的折磨. prey, v
1 (idm 習語) prey on sb's `mind trouble sb greatly 煩擾某人
Fear of the consequences preyed on her mind. 她擔心其後果而惴惴不安.
The thought that he was responsible for her death preyed on his mind. 他一想到自己對她的死負有責任就感到心如刀割.
2 (phr v) prey on sb/sth
(a) hunt or catch (an animal, etc) as prey 捕食（動物等）
hawks preying on small birds 捕食小鳥的老鷹.
(b) make sb one's victim; exploit or attack 使某人成為受害者; 剝削; 掠奪
a confidence trickster preying on rich widows 一個玩弄花招使一些闊寡婦上當的騙子
The villagers were preyed on by bandits from the hills. 村民們受到山里強盜搶劫.
?? 考研助記
祈求(pray)獲得 獵物(prey) 用刀叉(pr)意外(ey)的 捕獲了獵物；犧牲者（prey）的天空是灰色的（grey）；prey-pray：被捕者請求饒命
?? 擴展釋義
*[prei]n. 被掠食者, 犧牲者vi. 捕食
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Easy. I'll ask the company for a list of recent customers.
這事容易。我向公司要一份近期顧客的名單就行了。
Once in a while sailors came down, Kunta thought, to carry sick men upstairs for treatment.
偶爾水手下來，孔塔猜想是把生病的人抬上去進行治療。
The flames threw light onto the ceiling of the cave.
火焰照亮了山洞的頂部。