prey animal

基本解释

The species' role as a prey animal also lends itself to being a symbol of innocence, another Easter connotation.
在复活节文化中，兔子作为被捕猎的动物也被看作是单纯幼稚的象征。
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We always hope the preyanimal is in shock while this is happening, as there would be nothing we coulddo to speed up the prey animal’s death in any case.
当这一切发生时，我们总是希望被猎杀动物已经休克，因为对加快它们的死亡（解除它们的痛苦）我们实在无能为力。
Another important job it performs is keeping the midbrain network shut down so that, instead of fleeing at top speed, a prey animal keeps very still at first.
它的另外一个重要功能是保持中脑部静止，因此被捕食者一开始会以静制动，而不是直接以最快的速度逃跑。

That mighty animal has to learn how to hunt for its own prey and support himself.
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The researchers report in the Journal of Animal Ecology that although on the whole big animals are indeed better at handling and killing prey, the largest wolves struggled in the chase.
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