If you are " prey" to someone, you are vulnerable, we would say.

如果你是某人的“猎物”，你就是脆弱的，我们会说。

It is a wonderfully flexible system, but without a consistent rule of law, companies are prey to the predilections of bureaucrats.

这是一个美好的灵活的体制，但是没有一个始终如一的法律规章，公司只能根据官员的个人偏好来行事。

The octopus is prey to many species, including humans, so how does it escape its predators?

章鱼是包括人类在内的许多物种的猎物， 那么它是如何逃脱捕食者的呢？

We talk about people who are " prey to crooks" – people trying to steal their money.

我们谈论的人是“骗子的猎物”——试图偷钱的人。

The town has been prey to stray bullets from Syria in the past fortnight, as clashes intensified between rebels and troops loyal to Mr Assad.

在过去的两周里，随着忠于叙利亚总统阿萨德和叛军之间矛盾的加剧，小镇犹如猎物般深陷流弹的囹圄。

Fifteen minutes later I was prey to two countervailing emotions: regret that I had sent the message, and regret that there wasn't a drop of irony in it.

十五分钟后，两种相抗衡的情绪折磨着我：我后悔送出那个纸条，也后悔纸条里不带一丝讥讽。