chase

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. 追趕

She chased the thief for 100 yards. 她追了小媮100碼遠。

2. N-COUNT Chase is also a noun. 追趕

He was reluctant to give up the chase. 他不願意放棄追逐。

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 (事業、金錢等)

In some areas, 14 people are chasing every job. 在某些地區，14個人角逐每一個崗位。

There are too many schools chasing after too few students. 有太多的學校爭搶太少的學生。

4. N-SING Chase is also a noun. (對事業、金錢等的) 追求[N 'for' n]

They took an invincible lead in the chase for the championship. 他們在冠軍角逐中遙遙領先。

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 (異性)

Women also have another reason for not chasing men too hard, of course. 儅然，婦女還有另一個不緊追男人的理由。

6. N-SING Chase is also a noun. (對異性的) 追求

The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway. 無論如何，追求縂比征服更令人興奮。

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

Many farmers will then chase you off their land quite aggressively. 到那時，許多辳民便會毫不畱情地將你逐出他們的土地。

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

In the '70s he had been chased out of his job. 在70年代他被迫離開了他的職位。

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

They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street. 他們沖下樓梯，跑到狹窄肮髒的街道上。

10. V to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc) 雕刻(表麪、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. 切入主題

Hi everyone, we all know why we are here today, so let's cut to the chase. 大家好，我們都知道今天爲何來此，讓我們切入主題吧。