形容詞 predatory:

1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
   同義詞：marauding, raiding
2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
   同義詞：rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- W.E.Swinton
   同義詞：predaceous, predacious

1. A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
   貪婪的人具有貪婪、兇殘或逐利性格的人
2. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
   掠奪對(duì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手采取的掠奪式的行動(dòng)，尤指目的在于吸引走競(jìng)爭(zhēng)組織的人員或成員

pred.a.to.ry

adj.（形容詞）
Living by preying on other organisms:
食肉的：靠捕食其它生物體為生的：
例句：
a predatory bird; a predatory mammal; a predatory insect.
食肉性鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)；肉食性哺乳動(dòng)物；食肉昆蟲(chóng)

Of, relating to, or characterized by plundering, pillaging, or marauding.
掠奪性的：掠奪、搶劫或劫掠的、與之相關(guān)的或以之為特征的
Living by or given to victimizing or destroying others for one`s own gain.
掠奪成性的：以掠奪他者為生的或?yàn)樽陨砝嫫群驓乃说?/br>
來(lái)源：
Latin praed3tôrius [plundering]
拉丁語(yǔ) praed3tôrius [掠奪]
from praed3ro [to plunder]
源自 praed3ro [掠，奪]
from praeda [booty] * see ghend-
源自 praeda [掠奪物] *參見(jiàn) ghend-

【引伸】
pred.ato.rily
adv.（副詞）
pred.ato.riness
n.（名詞）