hunt down

英 [hʌnt daʊn]

美 [hʌnt daʊn]

追捕到，穷追直至找到（罪犯、敌人等）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 追捕到，穷追直至找到（罪犯、敌人等）
  If youhunt downa criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them.
  1. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters...
     去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙。
  2. Those who do not come forward should be hunted down...
     对于那些不肯自首的罪犯应予缉拿归案。
  3. It took her four months to hunt him down.
     她花了4个月才把他找出来。

英英释义

verb

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  1. Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
  2. The dogs are running deer
  3. The Duke hunted in these woods
  Synonym:huntruntrack down

双语例句

• The police are trying to hunt down the burglar.
  警察正在尽力缉拿窃贼。
• It wasn't my job to hunt down your employees.
  追踪你的雇员不是我的责任。
• Job seekers should tap into online networking sites to help hunt down potential employers, new surveys suggest.
  几项最新调查表明，求职者应该去在线社交网站寻找工作机会。
• They'll actually hunt down old books for you.
  他们实际上会帮你找旧书。
• They set themselves to hunt down the traitor and to avenge the death of their comrades on him.
  他们立即去搜寻叛徒，为死去的同志报仇。
• The Peacekeeping troops strengthened in this local patrol, and starts to hunt down and arrest the raider.
  维和部队已加强了在该地区的巡逻，并开始搜捕袭击者。
• To hunt down your detractors would be hideously embarrassing and would only confirm their dim view of you.
  刨根问底找出诽谤你的人会非常难堪，并且这只能证实他们对你的那些不好看法。
• He said the attacks at the Pentagon and in New York's World Trade Center caused the country to unite and strengthened the military's resolve to hunt down terrorists like Osama bin Ladin.
  他说，发生在五角大楼和纽约世贸大楼的袭击让美国团结一心，并加强了军队追捕本拉登等恐怖分子的决心。
• Priests are use to hunt down witches and heretics.
  牧师通常用来抓获女巫和异教徒。
• You will be given units periodically to hunt down the Marines.
  你每隔一段时间将会得到一些单位去猎杀那些海军陆战队。