prey on

英語

動詞

prey on (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 preys on，現在分詞 preying on，一般過去時及過去分詞 preyed on)

(及物) 捕食
Owls prey on small mammals, such as mice.
貓頭鷹捕食小型哺乳動物，例如老鼠。
(及物，比喻義) 利用；傷害；對……下手
- 2013年1月22日, Phil McNulty, 「Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)」, 出自 BBC‎^[1]:
  Bradford had preyed on Villa's inability to defend set pieces, corners in particular, in their first-leg win and took advantage of the weakness again as Hanson equalised to restore their two-goal aggregate lead.
  在首回合的比賽中，布拉德福德抓住了維拉隊防守定位球（尤其是角球）無力的弱點，並再次利用這一弱點，由漢森扳平比分，重新以兩球的總比分領先。
- 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN，第 202 頁:
  The food industry and its allies in the agricultural and chemical industries prey on the vulnerable by pumping out barely regulated products at low cost and then marketing them with insidious advertising campaigns.
  食品行業及其在農業和化學工業中的盟友以低成本生產幾乎不受監管的產品，然後通過陰險的廣告活動進行營銷，從而欺騙弱勢群體。
(及物，比喻義) 對（某人的思想/想法）造成沉重的負擔；折磨著某人的內心
- 1852, George Payne Rainsford James, 「Remorse」, 出自 A Book of the Passions, Henry G. Bohn，第 2 頁:
  The past—to me, the dreadful past !—is one eternal present ; and the Promethean vulture of remorse preys on me now, and for ever.
  過去——對我來說，那是可怕的過去！——是永恆的現在；悔恨，這頭普羅米修斯般的禿鷲，不僅是現在，它永遠都在折磨着我。
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異序詞

Poyner, pyoner, pyrone