They had shaken off their pursuers.是什么意思？

They had shaken off their pursuers.

他们甩掉了追赶者。

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

shaken

v. 摇撼( shake的过去分词 )，（使）颤抖，握手，动摇；

例句
Leonard was shaken to the core; he'd never seen or read anything like it.
伦纳德极为震惊;他从未看过或读过这样的东西。

off

prep. 从…落下，离开，从…去掉，下班；adv. 离开，距，离，被取消，下班；adj. 不新鲜的，不能接受，不礼

例句
He eased his foot off the accelerator.
他松开了油门。

their

pron. 他（她，它）们的，在提及性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

pursuers

n. 追赶者( pursuer的名词复数 )，追捕者，追求者，从事者；

例句
The fugitive succeeded in eluding the pursuers by planting false clues.
这逃犯设置虚假的线索,得以避开了追捕者.