"chasing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 追趕
• 追逐

Definition

指跟在某人或某物後面跑或追，希望抓到對方。也可以表示努力去爭取某樣東西，比如成功、金錢或夢想。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

既可表示實際上的追趕，也常用於比喻，如 'chasing a dream'、'chasing success'。口語裡也常見 'chasing after'。有時它會帶有「過度執著」或「不太健康地一味追求」的語氣，比如 'stop chasing people who ignore you'。

Examples

The dog is chasing the ball.

狗正在**追趕**球。

The boy was chasing his sister in the yard.

那個男孩當時正在院子裡**追趕**他的妹妹。

She is chasing her dream of becoming a doctor.

她正在**追逐**成為醫生的夢想。

I’m tired of chasing people who never make time for me.

我已經厭倦了**追著**那些從不留時間給我的人。

He spent years chasing money and forgot what mattered to him.

他花了好多年**追逐**金錢，忘了什麼對他才真正重要。

At this point, we’re just chasing a problem that keeps changing.

到這一步，我們其實只是在**追著**一個不斷變化的問題跑。