1.【鸟】兀鹰;秃鹫;贪得无厌者,劫掠者
1.a large bird that eats the bodies of dead animals
2.someone who tries to gain an advantage from weaker people
1.Amid grey mounds of dusty rocks we were able to see Egyptian vultures and steppe eagles.
在布满尘埃的灰色岩石山丘上，我们看见了埃及秃鹫和草原鹰。
2.Farmers in parts of Europe are to be allowed to resume the practice of leaving dead livestock in their fields for vultures to feed on.
欧洲部分地区的农场主已被允许恢复将死牲畜抛弃野地的习惯，以供秃鹫食用。
3.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。
4.However, when I'm out on the boat, horse flies will descend like vultures.
出去划船的时候，马蝇就会象秃鹰一样俯冲下来。
5.When asked why, the villagers often fly into a rage stating that if celestial burial is followed, vultures would not come.
问起原因，村民们激动地说如果举行天葬，秃鹫们都不会来。
6.The Griffon Vultures circle overhead, observing all this, knowing their timing has to be 'just right, ' they begin their group descent.
鲁氏秃鹫在空中盘旋，观察着这一切，知道它们的时机必须“恰当”，他们开始成群地下降。
7.Asian vultures have declined rapidly over the last eight years due to the use of a livestock drug called diclofenac.
由于使用名为diclofenac的家畜药物，亚洲秃鹰的数量在近八年来极具下降。
8.Jackals and hyenas are the scavengers of the land whereas vultures are the undisputed scavengers of the air.
胡狼和鬣狗是陆地上的食腐者，而秃鹫则毫无疑问是空中清道夫。
9.At the time, she called them a "pack of vultures" . Now she prefers to see them as "rescuers" .
那时，麦考维把他们称之为“一群贪婪成性的秃鹫”，而现在她却喜欢把他们叫做“拯救者”。
10.The centre is intended to create a secure breeding-stock of vultures that may eventually be released into a diclofenac-free wild.
这个养殖中心是为了给兀鹫创造一个安全繁殖群，也许它们最终会被放生到没有使用双氯芬酸的野外。