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 hounds will soon hunt down the stag.
  猎狗很快就会追到那头牡鹿。
• And just this year she was issued a restraining order for allegedly threatening to 'hunt down and kill' Laurel Wigg and her son.
  而且就在今年，Constance被颁发限制令，原因是她被诉威胁要追打并杀了LaurelWigg和她儿子。
• 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。
• Both the United States and European Union have called on Russian authorities to hunt down and prosecute the killers.
  美国和欧盟同时呼吁俄罗斯官方追缉并严惩杀手。
• The men I hunt down are cowards.
  被我抓到的人有一大群。
• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• Priests are use to hunt down witches and heretics.
  牧师通常用来抓获女巫和异教徒。
• The police are trying to hunt down the burglar.
  警察正在尽力缉拿窃贼。
• Sea forces will also be supported by submarines that can for example hunt down an enemy supply convoy.
  海军也可以有用来打击敌人运输护航的潜艇支援。
• 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。