be hot on the heels是什麽意思

be hot on the heels.中文譯作：將緊隨其後。其中heel為名詞，意思是：腳後跟。例如：

1.The police were hot on the heels of the bandits.

警察緊跟著盜匪.

2.The visit follows hot on the heels of their season at the Edinburgh International Festival.

他們在愛丁堡國際藝術節上的表演季壹結束，緊接著又要出訪。

3.They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their heels.

他們飛車穿越美國西南部，警察緊追其後。