我们一直抓不住他。

We were never able to capture him.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 一直 yīzhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
3 抓 zhuā
  1. to grab
  2. to catch
  3. to arrest
  4. to snatch
  5. to scratch
4 不住 bùzhù
  1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
  2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
5 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)