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。
• The men I hunt down are cowards.
  被我抓到的人有一大群。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because I once care for you, Tyrande. I'll hunt down the demons.
  因为我一直在乎你，所以我会为你杀那些恶魔，泰兰德。
• They were trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner.
  他们正设法搜寻一名逃犯。
• 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。
• 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。
• They'll actually hunt down old books for you.
  他们实际上会帮你找旧书。
• 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。