Definition
围捕 means 'to surround and capture' — most often used for police or military operations to encircle and seize suspects or criminals (围捕罪犯). The literal sense from the characters is 'to fish with a casting net', but that usage is much less common in modern Chinese. The reverse-translation test for the law enforcement sense is unreliable: learners would guess 包围并抓住 rather than 围捕, so a description helps anchor the word's real usage.
v.
to surround and capture (criminals, suspects)to fish with a casting net
Examples
- 围捕。Jǐngchá zhèngzài wéi bǔ zài táo de zuìfàn.The police are surrounding and capturing the fugitive criminals.
- 围捕。Yúmín zài qiǎn hǎi qū yòng wǎng wéi bǔ yúqún.The fishermen are using nets to surround and catch schools of fish in the shallow sea area.
- 围捕。Jǐngfāng duì táofàn zhǎnkāi le wéi bǔ xíngdòng.The police launched a surround-and-seize operation against the escaped convicts.
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