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The lions closed in on their prey.

狮子逼近它们的猎物。

The researchers conclude that cats' hunting style may have developed based on their common sense abilities to infer where prey is, using their hearing.

研究人员得出结论，猫的捕猎方式可能是基于它们利用听觉推断猎物位置的普遍能力所发展起来的。

Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.

老年人容易上狡诈推销员的当。

Meanwhile, 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.

与此同时，欧洲陷入了另一个意识形态陷阱：人们相信欧洲各国政府将永远拥有无限的资源，可以像不用考虑明天一样继续借债。

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。

Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways.

帕姆从未了解到有些人专门坑害那些年轻的离家出走者。