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

• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• The hounds will soon hunt down the stag.
  猎狗很快就会追到那头牡鹿。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police are trying to hunt down the burglar.
  警察正在尽力缉拿窃贼。
• Eventually they'll crash, and you'll have to hunt down and kill the three of them.
  他们最终将崩溃，而您也追捕和杀害他们三人。
• 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。
• 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。