predatory

• adj.捕食性; 肉食性; 生物食性.

predatorから、捕食者。

predatory

predatory: see prey

predatory (adj.)

1580s, "involving plundering," from Latin praedatorius "pertaining to plunder," from praedator "plunderer," from praedor "to plunder," from praeda "prey" (see prey (n.)). Of animals, from 1660s.

1. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.

大手スーパーの略奪的な価格が、小さな店の生計を脅かしている。

2.a predatory insurance salesman

蓄財した保険セールスマン

3.She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.

ベランダで猛禽に襲われることはありません。

4.The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less prety，but just as predatory .

幼虫は成虫後ほど美しくはないが、捕食もする。

5.People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.

小さな会社の経営者は銀行の略奪行為におびえていた。