The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.
后果是打断食物链，使许多动物和捕食它们的动物饿死。
Cats prey on birds and mice.
猫捕食鸟和老鼠。
Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.
电鳐释放大量的电荷将他们的猎物击昏。
a tiger stalking its prey
潜行跟踪猎物的老虎
词组
prey on
v. 捕食；掠夺
easy prey
◎容易猎取的动物
prey upon
掠夺，折磨；捕食
bird of prey
猛禽；食肉鸟
fall prey to
成为...的牺牲品；深受...之害
beast of prey
食肉兽，猛兽
近义
vi.捕食；掠夺；折磨
grind down
lie on
n.捕食；牺牲者；被捕食的动物
victim
predation
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真题
其它
1 ...we will finally fall prey to it...
2015.12 CET6 写作题
2 ...Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow...
