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单词 hunt down
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hunt down

phrasal verb
If you hunt down a criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them.
Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Those who do not come forward should be hunted down. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
It took her four months to hunt him down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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hunt down in British English

verb (adverb)
1. (transitive)
to pursue successfully by diligent searching and chasing
they finally hunted down the killer in Mexico
2. (intransitive)
(of a bell) to be rung progressively later during a set of changes

hunt down in American English

1. 
to pursue until successful in catching or killing
2. 
to search for until successful in finding
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Examples of 'hunt down' in a sentence
hunt down

Somehow, Stone knew he had to shake this guy, find an interpreter and hunt down Le Borveaux.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
I wanted to hunt down Skorpion, take it apart, discover its secret.
Brierley, David SKORPION'S DEATH
It's a machine designed to hunt down and kill any human being; high-level robot brain, built-in weapons, fuel-cell power supply.
S. M. Stirling T2®: THE FUTURE WAR (2003)

Chinese translation of 'hunt down'

hunt down

vt

  1. 追捕到 (zhuībǔ dào)
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Nearby words of
hunt down

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