2make SB/STH leave 使某人/某物离开 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to make someone or something leave, especially by following them for a short distance and threatening them 驱逐,赶走
chase somebody away/off
The men were chased off by troops, who fired warning shots.
军队鸣枪警告,把这些人驱散了。
chase somebody out of something
Anne went to chase the dog out of the garden.
安妮去把狗赶出花园。
3try to get STH 试图得到某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TRY TO DO OR GET something to use a lot of time and effort trying to get something such as work or money 努力赢得,设法获得
Top graduates from the university are chased by major companies.
这所大学的优秀毕业生被大公司争相聘用。
chase after
reporters chasing after a story
拼命挖新闻的记者
4hurry 赶快 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]British EnglishBrEHURRY to rush or hurry somewhere 奔忙,奔走
chase around/up/down etc
I was chasing around getting everything organized.
我四处奔走安排所有的事情。
5romance 浪漫关系 [transitiveT]ATTRACT to try hard to make someone notice you and pay attention to you, because you want to have a romanticrelationship with them 追求,向…求爱
‘Sometimes a girl wants to be chased, ’ Amelia said.
“有时候女孩子希望被人追求。”阿梅莉亚说。
6metal 金属 [transitiveT]AV technical to decoratemetal with a special tool 镂刻,雕镂〔金属制品〕
8chase somebody/something ↔ downphrasal verbphr vto find something or someone that you have been looking for 寻找到,追踪到
We had to chase down everyone we’d sold a bike to.
我们得把每一个买了我们自行车的人找到。
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chase down• His glintingnailsswish and clink as he chases me down a long hallway hung with pictures of CEOs.• Freddy Krueger is chasing you down an alley, his knives raised menacingly.• Why did he have to chase him down like an old lover?• I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivuletschasing each other down my bosom.• One even chased me down the sidewalk to return a scarf I left on the seat.• The hound, which was shining with phosphorus, chased Sir Charles down the Yew Alley.• You may want to chase it all down with a $ 3 carafe of hot sake.• Wolves - dogs, as they soon became - became more useful as they could chase and pull downwoundedprey.
a)REMIND/MAKE somebody REMEMBERto remind someone to do something they promised to do for you 提醒[催促]…实践诺言
David hasn’t paid yet – you’d better chase him up.
戴维还没付钱呢,你最好催催他。
b)HURRYto try to make something happen or arrive more quickly, because it has been taking too long 加速…的发生,催办
Can you chase up those photos for me tomorrow?
你明天能替我把那些照片赶洗出来吗?
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chase up• It should be easy to chase these people up.• It can be very annoying when you are wanting to hurry, chasing the cattle up a hill or something.• Recently I've made three dogs out of wood and cement, chasing a deer up a slope in Grizedale.• This gives you time to chase it up if there have been any hiccups.• Then he batted it to and fro, chasing it up one aisle and down another and slapping it silly.• A copperchased him up there.• When he saw Edwin Chase striding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other.• Whatever pumped up your adrenaline, my darling, it took more than a chase to catch up with you.
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chase• We chased after him for about five blocks but then we lost him and had to turn back.• Then I'd have had to chase after you wherever you went.• I chased around all day looking for a birthdaypresent to give her.• Fleischmann shouted, chased Dunn with the beam and grabbed with his other hand at the Luger in his belt.• I didn't have the energy to chase him any more.• I chased him with the pitchfork and he ran in the barn.• But old habitsdie hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinkinggrossmargins.• I have five or six months before the winterchases me away.• Manly-Warringah chased Ofahengaue's signatureprior to the Wallabytour of New Zealand but without success.• He's been chasing some cutegirl he met at the icerink.• The farmerchased the children across the field.• Weaponsforged from fineststeel, decorated with bronze and chased with gold and silver.• Stop chasing your sister!
chase after• Our cat often chases afterbirds.• Do we really need three reporterschasing after the same story?
chase somebody away/off• A jeering, bottle-throwing crowdchased reporters away.
chase• At one time, this may have been a millchase with a waterwheel turning.• Monday, during a high-speedchase through the streets of the Baja California state capital.• Roswell's high-speed chase with police that ended in tragedy• The three other boatslower away and the chase with the whales begins.• Shots were fired by the police during the chase along Belsteel Road, near Poleglass.• She loved the chase and the battle and her freedom.• Was it just the thrill of the chase?• The chase came to an abrupthalt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.• This chase is described from Ralph's mind which is why some things are incomprehensible.