v.掠食( prey的过去式和过去分词 );掠食;折磨;(人)靠欺诈为生;
例句:
He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
他做得不太明智,这一直让他良心不安。
That hateful twenty-seventh still preyed on his mind.
还是没办法,还是得为那个可恨的二十七发愁.
Care has preyed upon him [ his mind ] for weeks.
忧虑已 折磨 了他几个星期.