Run to Earth——窮追不捨

** find a person, thing or concept that has been elusive〈找到一個難以捉摸的人、事物或概念〉 // get to the bottom of something〈弄清事情真相〉 // find after hard or prolonged searching 〈經過艱難或長時間搜索後找到〉

~~ 窮追不捨；終於找到；查明；查出；追查到；追蹤到；追獲

~~ run to ground; track down; hunt down; run down; bring to light; turn up; acquire information by gossip/rumor; become aware of secret information; begin to suspect

!! “Run to earth” comes from hunting, where hounds run their quarry, a fox or badger, to the earth where they live, that is, to their lair. The use of “earth” to mean the den or burrow of an animal survives only in this expression.

“Run to earth”來自狩獵，獵犬將獵物、狐狸或獾追到他們居住的地方，即他們的巢穴。這裡使用“earth”來表示動物的巢穴或洞穴，只有在這表達中才存在。

!! Dating from the mid-1800s, the term had been used figuratively to mean tracking down just about anything or anyone.

從十九世紀中期開始，該術語一直被用來比喻追蹤任何事物或任何人物。

>> We incessantly ran the conspiracy to earth, and resolved the problem, without which our company would have been taken over.

我們對這個陰謀窮追不捨，並解決了這個問題，若非如此，我們的公司就會被他人接管了。

>> The soldiers finally ran the terrorists to earth in the basement of the hospital.

士兵們終於在醫院的地下室找到了恐怖分子。

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