predatory
adjective /ˈpredətri/
/ˈpredətɔːri/
- (specialist) (of animals
动物 捕食性的 - (of people
人 （在金钱或性关系上）欺负弱小的，压榨他人的 - a predatory insurance salesman
用高压手段推销的保险推销员 - a predatory look
狞视
- a predatory insurance salesman
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to plundering’): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.