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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Priests are use to hunt down witches and heretics.
  牧师通常用来抓获女巫和异教徒。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。