vulture meaning in English
n.
【鸟类】兀鹰;秃鹫;贪得无厌者,劫掠者。
adj.
-turine
Examples
- Vultures had pecked out the dead sheep 's eyes .
秃鹫啄出了那只死羊的眼睛。 - These two vultures will hang above us to the end of the war .
这两只兀鹰将在我们的头顶之上一直盘旋到战争结束。 - He felt creeping of fate, the circling of wolves, the hover of vultures .
他感到厄运已经来到,豺狼正在包围,秃鹰也在盘旋。 - As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable .
你晓得,那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上,伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。 - Human vultures who ran sweatshop factories in firetrap tenements were all too willing to take crippled workers .
在设有避火设备的廉价公寓中开设“血汗工场”的人面兽心的贪心汉,他们都非常愿意雇用残废的工人。