săn bắt
Definition
- Verb:
- To hunt down: The primary meaning of "săn bắt" is to pursue and capture or kill wild animals, typically for food, sport, or population control.
- To pursue and capture: This meaning extends to the active chasing and apprehending of people, such as criminals or fugitives.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Luật này cấm săn bắt động vật quý hiếm. (This law prohibits hunting down rare animals.)
- Cảnh sát đang săn bắt kẻ đột nhập. (The police are hunting down the intruder.)
- Việc săn bắt trái phép đe dọa hệ sinh thái. (Illegal hunting threatens the ecosystem.)
Advanced Usage
- "săn bắt tội phạm": to hunt down criminals.
- Đội đặc nhiệm chuyên săn bắt tội phạm ma túy. (The task force specializes in hunting down drug criminals.)
Variants and Related Words
Săn bắn (v): to hunt (often with a focus on shooting/killing game).
- Săn bắn thú rừng có thể bị phạt rất nặng. (Hunting wild game can be punished severely.)
Truy bắt (v): to pursue and arrest.
- Lệnh truy bắt đã được phát ra. (An arrest warrant has been issued.)
Synonyms
- Hunt: to chase and kill wild animals.
- Capture: to take someone or something into custody.
- Track down: to find someone or something after a prolonged search.
Related Idioms
- Săn bắt như thú dữ: to hunt (someone) down like a wild beast (implies a fierce, relentless pursuit).
- Họ bị săn bắt như thú dữ khắp vùng rừng núi. (They were hunted down like wild beasts throughout the mountainous region.)
verb
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to hunt down
