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

• Some of the bargain winches are not such a bargain when you have to hunt down hard to find parts especially after the warranty period.
  部分的讨价还价，绞车是没有这样一个讨价还价，当你追捕很难找到零件，尤其是后保修期。
• 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。
• 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。
• It wasn't my job to hunt down your employees.
  追踪你的雇员不是我的责任。
• The men I hunt down are cowards.
  被我抓到的人有一大群。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hounds will soon hunt down the stag.
  猎狗很快就会追到那头牡鹿。