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

• But the joys of owning the coolest toy in the universe ends when a nosey government agent arrives in town to hunt down the "alien" invader.
  但是当多事的政府调查员来到小镇捉拿“外星人”入侵者的时候，拥有宇宙中最酷的玩具的喜悦结束了。
• 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。
• Make no mistake: the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
  不会出错：美国将找到并且严惩那些对这种懦夫行径负责的人。
• 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。
• It wasn't my job to hunt down your employees.
  追踪你的雇员不是我的责任。
• 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。
• I felt that an evil time might be coming upon those who he had set himself to hunt down.
  我觉得他决意要追捕的人该倒霉了。
• They set themselves to hunt down the traitor.
  他们自己去追踪叛徒了。
• 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。