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

• 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。
• 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 police are trying to hunt down the burglar.
  警察正在尽力缉拿窃贼。
• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• 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。
• 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。
• They set themselves to hunt down the traitor.
  他们自己去追踪叛徒了。
• 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。
• 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。