词组 | gun |
释义 | gun [gunned, gunned, gunning] gun down gun sb down • gun down sb to shoot someone and kill or injure them, especially when they cannot escape or defend themselves: ▪ The journalist had been gunned down in the driveway of his San Francisco home. ▪ The men dragged Oliveros out of his car and gunned him down in the street.. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑shoot, ↑shoot down be gunning for 1. be gunning for sth to be trying to get or win something, by competing against other people: ▪ Manchester United were gunning for their third straight win. ▪ He is now said to be gunning for the top job at the Daily Mail. 2. be gunning for sb informal to be trying to make trouble for someone or to harm them, especially because you are angry with them about something: ▪ I didn't know that by then the terrorists were gunning for me, too. ▪ She now has half the Labour Party gunning for her. |
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