ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤easy容易被矇騙的人◇Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers.青少年很容易被不擇手段的毒品販子矇騙。➤helpless, unsuspecting無助的/毫無戒心的獵物◇They watched a hawk swoop down on its unsuspecting prey.他們看到一隻鷹向毫無戒備的獵物猛撲過去。VERB + PREY➤chase, circle, hunt for, look for, pursue, stalk追趕獵物;搜尋獵物;跟踪獵物➤spot發現獵物▸➤capture, pounce on捕獲/猛撲向獵物◇a cat pouncing on its prey猛撲向獵物的貓➤devour, kill吞食/殺死獵物PREPOSITION➤prey for⋯的獵物◇The young deer are ideal prey for the leopard.小鹿是豹的理想獵物。➤prey to (figurative) ⋯的犧牲品◇She was prey to all kinds of conflicting emotions.她受着各種矛盾情感的折磨。PHRASES➤a beast of prey, a bird of prey猛獸/猛禽▸➤be prey to sth, fall prey to sth (bothfigurative) 是⋯的犧牲品;成為⋯的犧牲品◇The new government has fallen prey to corruption and fraud.新一屆政府深受腐敗與欺詐之苦。
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