prey是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vi. /n. 捕食; 被捕食的动物，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As soon as I had changed my clothes I went up on to the platform, and, a prey to conflicting emotions, I sat down near the binnacle.
-- Birds of prey hovered here and there in the shadows, or fled from their nests on the top of the rocks.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This strange mood of patience and innocence which had persisted in him for some days, was passing away, he would be left again a prey to the horrible passions and tortures.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The birds, who had watched this rich prey for several days, had determined to take possession of it without further delay, and it was necessary to drive them off by firing at them repeatedly.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr Codlin on the other hand, cursed his fate, and all the hollow things of earth (but Punch especially), and limped along with the theatre on his back, a prey to the bitterest chagrin.
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