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hunt (obj) SEARCHhQntvto search (for something or someone); to try to find (something or someone)寻找，搜寻I've hunted all over the place, but I can't find that book. [I]我找遍了整个地方，但找不到那本书。Police are hunting the terrorists who planted the bomb. [T]警察正在搜寻安放炸弹的恐怖分子。All the people in the area turned out to hunt for the missing child. [I]这个地区所有的人都出来寻找失踪的孩子。I've hunted high and low (= looked everywhere) for my gloves. [I]我已到处找过我的手套。Detectives have finally managed to hunt down (= succeed in finding after much effort) the killer. [M]侦探们终于成功地搜捕到了凶手。I'll try and hunt out those old photographs (= search for them although I do not know where they are) for you. [M]我会试着为你找出那些旧照片。He's studying his family history, so he spends all his time in the library, hunting up references (= looking for them, although they are difficult to find). [M]他正在研究家史，因此他把所有的时间都花在图书馆寻找参考资料。They have spent months house-/job-hunting (= looking for a house/a job).他们已经花了好几个月来找房子/工作。This market is a wonderful hunting ground for people who like buying second-hand books (= a lot can be found there).这个市场对于喜欢买旧书的人来说是个理想的猎场。(infml humorous) Before I finally head off for the happy hunting ground (in the sky) (= before I die), I'd like to feel that I've done something with my life.在我去世前，我愿感到我的生命没有虚度。
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