終於找到,追蹤到 find sb/sth by searching hard
run sb/sth to earth
The police eventually ran him to earth in Paris.
警察終於在巴黎找到了他。
After searching for him everywhere, she finally ran him to earth in the garden shed.
她把所有的地方都找遍了,最後終於在花園棚子里找到了他。
They read about how the white folks were trying to run him to earth.
他們獲悉到白人在怎樣地追趕他。
I ran the quotation to earth in Shakespeare's Othello .
我查明這段引文是出自莎士比亞的《奧賽羅》。