■ hunt

1) 作为及物动词，hunt 表示“追猎”的延续过程，而不表示“猎获”的瞬时结局。

• They hunted him as a tiger stalks his prey. 或 As a tiger stalks his prey, so they hunted him.他们像老虎追踪捕食一样追捕他。

2) 作为名词，不一定指敌意的“追猎”或“追捕”，也可以指善意的“寻找”。

• Fresh search and rescue dogs were being brought in Monday from Missouri as the hunt for possible survivors and bodies continues across a landscape dotted with mounds of debris, some as deep as 30 feet. (The Associated Press, May 7, 2007)整片景象是一片片的瓦砾堆，有些高达三十英尺，寻找可能的幸存者和尸体的工作仍然在进行，而且从密苏里新带来了一些救援犬。