predation

英 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

美 [prɪˈdeɪʃn]

n.  (动物的)捕食，捕猎行为

复数：predations　

BNC.27521 / COCA.15336

牛津词典

noun

• （动物的）捕食，捕猎行为
  the act of an animal killing and eating other animals

英英释义

noun

• the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
• an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  Synonym:depredation

双语例句

• If you are attracting birds to an area, ensure the birds are not exposed to predation from cats and other domestic animals, or dangers posed by artificial hazards.
  如果你把鸟吸引出来，确定附近没有猫狗等猎食者，也没有人为的危险。
• Before civilisation intervened, such chronic loneliness would have been so rare ( because isolated individuals are so vulnerable to predation) that evolution would have ignored it.
  在文明到来之前，这种常态性的孤独非常罕见（因为单独的个体易被捕食），进化就把它忽略了。
• Well, ongoing investigations have revealed that predation is the most likely cause of sea otter decline after all.
  目前的研究表明天敌捕食是最可能导致海獭数量减少的原因。
• This paper reviewed the new progress in the theory and hypothesis of population regulation in small mammals, focusing on the food hypothesis, predation hypothesis and multi-factorial hypothesis.
  对小型哺乳动物种群数量周期性波动的外因调节假说进行介绍，概述了食物假说、捕食假说和复合因子假说的主要内容和研究进展。
• A distributed delay nonautonomous predation system with feedback controls is investigated, conditions are obtained for the persistence of this system.
  研究了一类具有反馈控制和连续时滞的两种群非自治捕食系统，利用微分不等式给出了系统持续生存的条件。
• Establishing that a firm is guilty of predation is difficult.
  公司如的确存在掠夺性定价的行为，查实将很困难。
• It was concluded that the fluorescence-labeled bacteria technique would be a potential option for determination of bacterial predation rate by rumen protozoa.
  结果表明荧光标记细菌技术能够应用于瘤胃原虫吞噬细菌速率的研究。
• It is particularly important in winter when the risks of predation are high and just one day without food can make the difference between life and death for small birds.
  特别是冬季，捕食风险很高，小鸟就一天没有吃的，就得面临被饿死的境地。
• The predation of Anguilla japonica on3 different body lengths of Macrobrachium nipponense was studied based on the predator-prey relationship theory.
  采用捕食者.猎物间捕食效应研究方法，研究了日本鳗鲡对3种体长规格日本沼虾的捕食效应。
• Effect on population dynamics of reed voles Microtus fortis by food, predation and interspecific competition
  食物、捕食和种间竞争对东方田鼠种群动态的作用