He had been preying on a herd of sheep.

它当时正在捕食一群羊。

But remnants of militias still haunted the forests, preying on the villages.

时至今日，刚果表面上像是消停了，但是在丛林里，残余旧阴魂不散，到处洗劫村镇。

They are endangered due to hunting and feral animals preying on their eggs.

由于被猎捕和野生动物取食他们卵，他们已经成为濒危物种。

The presence of humans considerably reduces the danger of birds preying on the caterpillars.

人类出现相当程度上减少了鸟类捕食毛毛虫危险。

But an inner strenuousness was preying upon an outer symmetry, and they rated his look as singular.

但是外表端正匀称正在成为心力折磨牺牲品，人们因此将他容貌视为独具一格。

These powerful, deep rooted, curved daggers were ideally suited for preying upon a variety of aquatic life.

这些有力、根深、弯似匕首牙齿用来捕猎各种水生生物再合适不过。

But it is more realistic that they simply moved very quickly along mountain paths preying on lone travelers.

但更现实情况是，它们只是沿着山路快速移动，打劫独行行人。

He was scared because he'd heard all the news about a deadly fungus preying on people as they recuperate from COVID-19.

他害怕，因为他听到了一种致命真菌期将新冠肺炎康复者当作猎物消息。

I only hope he's not preying on you.

我只希望他没有欺负你。

Every form of life, preying on each other and giving birth to one another, led to the birth of you.

每一种生命形式，彼此捕食，彼此生育，让你得以出生。

And kind of preying on our self esteem.

有掠夺我们自尊。

She's been preying on ships and settlements for near 10 years.

她抢掠船只陆地已有十多年了。

There's the ideology of Islamism, which has taken root in some countries, often preying on local conflicts.

伊斯兰主义意识形态已经在一些国家扎根，经常掠夺局部冲突。

Practically all of the crime I encountered in New York was a preying of the opium-eaters on the working community.

我在纽约遇到犯罪现象中，几乎全是瘾君子对劳动群体劫掠。

'We found that six species of bat are preying on rice pests, including the paddy swarming caterpillar and grass webworm.

“我们发现有六种蝙蝠正在捕食水稻害虫，包括稻田毛毛虫和草蜘蛛。

But then, the less forgiving golden eagles arrived in the Channel Islands, and began preying upon the island fox, hunting them to near extinction.

但后来，不那么宽容金雕来到了海峡群岛，开始捕猎岛上狐狸，把它们捕食到几近灭绝。

The long oversea voyages were uncertain at best and doubly so when the warships of France joined the American privateers in preying on supply boats.

漫长海外航行充其量是不确定，当法国舰与美国私掠船一起捕食补给船时，情况就更加不确定了。

Imagine some of the great whites, there are great whites patrolling out here as well, and they're probably preying on these sand tiger sharks that we see on the wrecks.

想象一下一些大白鲨，还有大白鲨在这里巡逻，它们可能正在捕食我们在残骸上看到这些沙虎鲨。

Marketers are preying on it as they advertise the latest and greatest toys, flashcards, iPad apps for brain development, even kits that claim to teach your baby to read.

营销人员虎视眈眈，借此宣传最新最棒玩具、识字卡、iPad 益智应用，甚至是号称能教你宝宝如何阅读工具包。

This is sometimes called an attritional assemblage and usually includes more juveniles and older adults - picture something like lions preying on wildebeest calves at a waterhole.

这有时被称为消耗性组合，通常包括更多青少年和年长成年人 - 想象一下狮子在水坑里捕食角马小牛。