chase /tʃeɪs/ CET4 TEM4 ( chasing, chased, chases )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them. 追赶

  例：

  She chased the thief for 100 yards.

  她追了小偷100码远。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Chase is also a noun. 追赶

  例：

  He was reluctant to give up the chase.

  他不愿意放弃追逐。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you are chasing something you want, such as work or money, or are chasing after it, you are trying hard to get it. 追求 (事业、金钱等)

  例：

  In some areas, 14 people are chasing every job.

  在某些地区，14个人角逐每一个岗位。

  例：

  There are too many schools chasing after too few students.

  有太多的学校争抢太少的学生。

• 4. 

  N-SING Chase is also a noun. (对事业、金钱等的) 追求 [N 'for' n]

  例：

  They took an invincible lead in the chase for the championship.

  他们在冠军角逐中遥遥领先。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I If someone chases someone that they are attracted to, or chases after them, they try hard to persuade them to have a sexual relationship with them. 追求 (异性)

  例：

  Women also have another reason for not chasing men too hard, of course.

  当然，妇女还有另一个不紧追男人的理由。

• 6. 

  N-SING Chase is also a noun. (对异性的) 追求

  例：

  The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.

  无论如何，追求总比征服更令人兴奋。

• 7. 

  V-T If someone chases you from a place, they force you to leave by using threats or violence. 驱逐

  例：

  Many farmers will then chase you off their land quite aggressively.

  到那时，许多农民便会毫不留情地将你逐出他们的土地。

• 8. 

  V-T To chase someone from a job or a position or from power means to force them to leave it. 逼迫卸职

  例：

  In the '70s he had been chased out of his job.

  在70年代他被迫离开了他的职位。

• 9. 

  V-I If you chase somewhere, you run or rush there. 冲

  例：

  They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street.

  他们冲下楼梯，跑到狭窄肮脏的街道上。

• 10. 

  V to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc) 雕刻(表面、柱子等) (Also chamfer)

• 11. 

  PHRASE If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things. 切入主题

  例：

  Hi everyone, we all know why we are here today, so let's cut to the chase.

  大家好，我们都知道今天为何来此，让我们切入主题吧。