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 set themselves to hunt down the traitor.
  他们自己去追踪叛徒了。
• 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。
• 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。
• We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks, and we reserve the right to act unilaterally, as we have done relentlessly since I took office to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies.
  我们将继续追捕恐怖分子并摧毁他们的网络；我们保留采取单边行动的权利，正如我执政以来所做的那样，我们将坚持不懈地除掉对我们及我们的盟友构成直接威胁的恐怖分子。
• Priests are use to hunt down witches and heretics.
  牧师通常用来抓获女巫和异教徒。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now don't mess up the actual sale by forcing Bob Buyer to hunt down details on how to give up his hard-earned cash.
  现在不胡涂实际销售迫使鲍勃买方追捕细节如何放弃他辛苦赚来的钱。
• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• 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。