chase/tʃeɪs/

vt

1. 追赶，追逐；追捕；追猎

• Dogs like to chase hares. 狗爱追捕野兔。

• chase the escaping thief 追捕逃跑的窃贼

2. 赶走，驱逐；驱除

• chase the enemy from our country 把敌人驱逐出我们的国境

• How can we chase these fears from her mind? 我们怎样才能消除她思想上的恐惧呢？

3. 追讨；索要；追查；催促

• chase a delayed order 追查逾期的订货单

• The library was chasing me for the book. 图书馆正在催我还书。

4. 追求；向…求爱

• He's always chasing girls. 他总在追求女孩子。

vi

1. 追赶；追击；追猎；追求

• chase after a bird 追赶一只小鸟

• chase after material possessions 追求物质财富

2. 奔跑，匆忙地走

• The children were always chasing in and out. 孩子们总是跑进跑出的。

3. 闪现，出现

• Dismay chased across her features. 她的脸上掠过沮丧的神情。

词组chase about 口 匆忙地走，奔跑

• Stop chasing about. 别乱跑。

chase around (或round，about) 作社交往来

• He has no time to chase around(或round，about). 他没有时间参加社交往来。

chase down

1. 努力寻找

• He spent much of his time chasing down all possible clues. 他把大部分时间都用于努力寻找一切可能的线索。

2. 喝烈酒后又喝下一种淡酒

• chase whiskey down with beer 喝威士忌酒后又喝啤酒

chase up 口

1. 努力找到

• The police have been trying to chase up the suspect. 警察一直在设法寻找嫌疑犯。

2. 再三要求(某人注意或提供服务)；提醒(某人履行诺言)

• I had to chase the travel agency up again about the compensation. 我不得不再次要求旅行社支付赔偿金。