chase
verb uk/tʃeɪs/ us/tʃeɪs/
(FOLLOW)
B2 [ I or T ]追赶，追逐;追捕
to hurry after someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it
The police car was going so fast, 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 had snatched her bag. 她在追赶一个抢走她包的男子。
- More examples
- It was plucky of you to chase after the burglar.
- There are too many people chasing too few jobs.
- The thieves easily outran the policewoman who was chasing them.
- He drove through the red lights in an attempt to shake off the police car that was chasing him.
- Dad chased him into the garden.
(MOVE FAST)
[ I usually + adv/prep ]跑来跑去;匆忙赶往
to hurry or run in various directions
She couldn't study with the children chasing around the house. 孩子们在房子里跑来跑去，她没法学习。
(TRY TO GET)
C2 [ T ]追求，努力争取
to try to get something that is difficult to get or achieve
It's depressing how many people there are chasing so few jobs. 这么多人在争夺这么少的几份工作，真是让人沮丧。
After years of chasing her dreams, she finally got a part in a film. 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。
[ I or T ]追求，向…求爱
to try very hard to persuade someone to have a relationship with you
She's always chasing (after) men. 她总是追求男人。
(GET RID OF)
B2 [ T + adv/prep ]驱逐;赶走，撵走
to run after a person or an animal in a threatening way in order to make him, her, or it leave
He used to chase the children away from his apple trees. 他过去常把孩子们从他的苹果树旁赶走。
She's always chasing cats out of the garden to protect her precious birds. 她总是把猫赶出花园，以保护她那些珍贵的小鸟。
Idioms
be chasing your tailidiom 瞎忙，白忙，徒劳无功
to be busy doing a lot of things but achieving very little
chase the dragonidiom slang 吸食海洛因
to take the drug heroin, by smoking it
Phrasal verb
chase someone up 催促，提醒（某人实践诺言）
to ask someone to do something that they promised to do but that have not yet done
If you don't hear from the builders this week, make sure you chase them up. 要是你这个星期还没有从施工人员那里得到消息，一定要催催他们。
I must chase my flatmate up about those bills and see if she paid them. 我得找我的室友问问那些账单的事，看看她是否付过账了。
chase
noun [ C ] uk/tʃeɪs/ us/tʃeɪs/
追赶，追逐;追捕
the act of going after someone or something very quickly in order to catch him, her, or it
a tedious movie with endless car/police chases 充斥着没完没了追车／警察追捕场面的乏味电影
Idioms
give chaseidiom 追捕罪犯
to go after a criminal quickly in order to catch him or her
the thrill of the chaseidiom 追逐的兴奋感
the excitement that you feel when you are trying to find something or achieve something difficult
He craved power over others, not so much for its own sake as for the thrill of the chase. 他渴望得到至高的权力，与其说是为权力本身，还不如说是为了一种追逐的兴奋感。