chase
verb
uk/tʃeɪs/us/tʃeɪs/chaseverb(FOLLOW)
B2[IorT]
tohurryafter someone or something inordertocatchhim, her, or it:
追赶，追逐；追捕Thepolicecarwas going sofast, it must have been chasing someone.警车开得这么快，一定是在追捕什么人。
She was chasing(after)a man who hadsnatchedherbag.她在追赶一个抢走她包的男子。
to chase someone or something
- chaseHe felt like a dog chasing its tail.
- give chaseHe saw two men breaking into a car and gave chase on foot when they fled.
- pursueHe was pursued down the corridor by a camera crew.
- run afterLeaping to his feet, he ran after the bus.
to follow someone or something
- followFollow me - this way!
- tag alongDo you mind if my little brother tags along?
- chaseHe was running and the dog was chasing him.
- pursueThe robber was pursued by several members of the public.
- tailThe car was tailed by police for several hours.
- shadowThe police think the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime.
- It waspluckyof you to chase after theburglar.
- There are too manypeoplechasing too fewjobs.
- Thethieveseasilyoutranthepolicewomanwho was chasing them.
- Hedrovethrough theredlightsin anattempttoshakeoff thepolicecarthat was chasing him.
- Dad chased him into thegarden.
Pursuing
- be hot onsomeone'strack/trailidiom
- be onsomeone'stailidiom
- bear
- bear down onsomeone/something
- bring
- bring up the rearidiom
- convoy
- flight
- humbug
- in hot pursuitidiom
- on the scentidiom
- pester
- pursue
- pursuer
- run
- stalk
- stick
- tailgate
- track
- track and trace
chaseverb(MOVE FAST)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tohurryorruninvariousdirections:
跑来跑去；匆忙赶往She couldn'tstudywith thechildrenchasingaroundthehouse.孩子们在房子里跑来跑去，她没法学习。
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
chaseverb(TRY TO GET)
C2[T]
totryto get something that isdifficultto get orachieve:
追求，努力争取It'sdepressinghow manypeoplethere are chasing so fewjobs.这么多人在争夺这么少的几份工作，真是让人沮丧。
Afteryearsof chasing herdreams, shefinallygot apartin afilm.追逐自己的梦想这么多年，她终于在一部电影中得到了一个角色。
[IorT]
totryvery hard topersuadesomeone to have arelationshipwith you:
追求，向…求爱She's always chasing(after)men.她总是追求男人。
Wanting things
- ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- fancy
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- hungrily
- pine
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- super-ambitious
- tempt
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Relationships: finding a partner
chaseverb(GET RID OF)
B2[T+ adv/prep]
torunafter apersonor ananimalin athreateningway inorderto make him, her, or itleave:
驱逐；赶走，撵走He used to chase thechildrenawayfrom hisappletrees.他过去常把孩子们从他的苹果树旁赶走。
She's always chasingcatsoutof thegardentoprotectherpreciousbirds.她总是把猫赶出花园，以保护她那些珍贵的小鸟。
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- expunge
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling
Idioms
chase shadows
be chasingyourtail
chase the dragon
Phrasal verb
chasesomeoneup
chase
noun[C]
uk/tʃeɪs/us/tʃeɪs/theactof going after someone or something veryquicklyinordertocatchhim, her, or it:
追赶，追逐；追捕atediousmoviewithendlesscar/policechases充斥着没完没了追车／警察追捕场面的乏味电影
Pursuing
- be hot onsomeone'strack/trailidiom
- be onsomeone'stailidiom
- bear
- bear down onsomeone/something
- bring
- bring up the rearidiom
- convoy
- flight
- humbug
- in hot pursuitidiom
- on the scentidiom
- pester
- pursue
- pursuer
- run
- stalk
- stick
- tailgate
- track
- track and trace
Idioms
give chase
the thrill of the chase