hunt down

• 短语动词，表示搜寻并捕获或找到某人或某物，通常带有决心或坚持不懈的意味。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of searching for and capturing or finding someone or something, often with determination or persistence.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Pursue and captureformal

   To search for someone or something until you find and capture or kill them.

   追捕并擒获

   • The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.
   • They vowed to hunt down the criminals responsible.
   • The detective hunted down the missing evidence.

   同义词apprehendcapturecatchferret outpursuerun downseek outsmoke outtracetrack down

2. Find with difficultyinformal

   To search persistently for something until you find it, often after a long effort.

   搜寻到

   • I finally hunted down a copy of that rare book.
   • She hunted down the perfect dress for the party.
   • He hunted down the last remaining ticket for the concert.

   同义词dig upferret outlocateroot outscourtrack downunearth

基本动词hunt