n.捕食者；掠奪者；捕食性動物；實行弱肉強食的人(或機構(gòu))；剝削者

noun

1.any animal that lives by preying on other animals

synonym: predatory animal;

2.someone who attacks in search of booty

synonym: marauder; vulture; piranha;

The bird is caught on the horns of a dilemma. Should it attack the predator, even though it then risks its own life? Or should it get out while the going is good?

這只鳥進退維谷。是應該冒著生命危險攻擊捕食者呢？還是應該及早逃命？

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2.When a predator always eats huge numbers of a single prey, the two species are strongly linked ； when a predator lives on various species, they are weakly linked ．

如果捕食者總是吃掉大量的單個物種，那這兩個物種就是緊密相連的；如果獵食者靠捕食多個物種為生，那它們之間的聯(lián)系就比較弱。

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3.As one of the most habitats predators, killer whales may not fit the speculate of a cultured creature.

作為棲息地最多的掠食者之一，虎鯨可能不符合養(yǎng)殖生物的推測。

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4.She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

她還從之前對鳥類和海豚的研究工作中得知，這些動物每次睡覺時都讓它們的半邊大腦處于睡眠中，這樣它們能夠一邊保持對捕食者的警覺，一邊休息。

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5.The baby birds are kept safe form predators by a corrosive ditch.

一條腐蝕性的水溝才能保護幼鳥不被捕食者傷害。

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6.This idea is based on the principle that lions and other predators are far less likely to attack when they feel they are being watched.

當獅子及其他捕食性動物覺得自己正被注視著時，它們就不大可能會繼續(xù)襲擊，這種想法就是基于這一原理。

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7.Wild pigs attracted golden eagles from the mainland, and those flying ? predators ? crashed the fox population.

島上的野豬引來了大陸的金雕，這些飛行的捕食者們導致島嶼灰狐的數(shù)量大幅下降。

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8.But, as the human study suggest, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for predators while asleep.

但是，正如這項針對人類的研究所顯示的，海豚睜眼睡覺的另一個原因在于它們睡覺時要提防捕食者。

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9.The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.

這種爬行動物渾身是刺，幾乎所有的捕食者都退避三舍。

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10.The company is worried about takeovers by various predators.

公司擔心被各種虎視眈眈的集團收購。

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11.Their natural predators have been killed off

它們的天敵被全部殺死。

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12.If a predator can eat several species, it can survive the extinction of one of them ．

如果一個掠食動物以好幾個物種為食，那這些物種中其中一個就算滅絕了，它也能存活下來。

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13.Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems ．

數(shù)學模型也揭示了食物網(wǎng)可能是不穩(wěn)定的,食物網(wǎng)中頂級捕食者的微小變化會對整個生態(tài)系統(tǒng)產(chǎn)生巨大影響。

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14.It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators fleeing to quieter areas.

人們認為,它們是在利用它們的掠食者逃往更安靜的地區(qū)。

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15.In the ocean, we fished for top predators such as cod on an industrial scale, while on land, we killed off large predators such as wolves ．

在海洋中,我們以工業(yè)規(guī)模捕撈鱈魚等頂級捕食者,而在陸地上,我們捕殺狼等大型捕食者。

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16.In the 1960s, scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other species---including species they did not directly attack ．

20世紀60年代,科學家們提出,食物網(wǎng)頂端的捕食者對其他物種（包括它們沒有直接攻擊的物種）的數(shù)量有著驚人的控制力。

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17.The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.

本章最后部分簡要總結(jié)了食肉動物。

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18.Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator: Intoxication,

持續(xù)性傷害的效果將會與隊友相加。

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19.Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.

科摩多龍是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一種令人恐懼的捕食性動物。

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20.But an innate3 fear of their predators seems, according to this research, to give the reds an edge over their grey competitors.

但根據(jù)這項研究，對掠食者與生俱來的恐懼似乎讓紅松鼠在其競爭對手灰松鼠的面前占有優(yōu)勢。

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21.Different populations living together and interacting. Populations can interact as competitors, predator and prey, or symbiotically.

不同生物族群生活之間的互動，以相互競爭、食或共生的方式生活著

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22.If abandoned recklessly, they ’ re basically defenseless against natural elements and predators like cats, snakes, and monkeys.

如果隨意遺棄，它們基本上無法抵御自然因素和天敵，如貓、蛇和猴子。如果你正在飼養(yǎng)寵物，或者有此打算，無論他們是小貓、小狗、小烏龜，或是一只小雞，請記住養(yǎng)寵不拋棄！

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23.birds and their earthbound predators

鳥和地面上捕食它們的動物

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24.A synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. The starlings migrate in winter, south to Africa, nesting at night in central Rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators.

群鳥齊飛，蔚為壯觀。歐椋鳥在冬天南遷到非洲，晚上在羅馬市中心筑巢取暖，排成編隊飛行以躲避捕食者。

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25.Well, the board also has a natural predator the shareholders.

其實，董事會也有一個天敵股東。

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26.But at least, there are no land based predators here.

不過至少沒有陸基的捕食者。

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27.Since they don't have any predators, they have a high survival rate.

因為它們沒有任何捕食天敵，所以他們有很高的存活率。

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28.Nothing else could make migrating mothers stand up to great predators.

沒有什么能讓遷徙的母親們直面強大的掠食動物。

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29.Analysis of predator-prey model with saturated infect rate in epidemic predator

具有飽和接觸率的捕食者有病的捕食系統(tǒng)的模型分析

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30.When will new predators, parasites and competitors also move in?

新的捕食者、寄生生物、競爭者何時能夠到達？