pursuit
英 [pə'sjuːt] 美 [pɚ'sut]
| 近义词 | execution 、 continuation 、 protraction 、 continuance 、 maintenance 、 prosecution 、 extension 、 performance 、 prolongation | ||
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- n. 追赶，追求；职业，工作
词态变化
复数: pursuits;
中文词源
pursuit 追求，寻找
来自pursue,追求，追逐，-it,名词后缀。
英文词源
- pursuit (n.)
- late 14c., "persecution," also "action of pursuit," from Anglo-French purseute, from Old French porsuite "a search, pursuit" (14c., Modern French poursuite), from porsivre (see pursue). Sense of "one's profession, recreation, etc." first recorded 1520s. As a type of track cycling race from 1938.
双语例句
- 1. Moreau took gold in the five-kilometre individual pursuit competition.
- 莫罗在个人五公里追逐赛中获得金牌。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His single-minded pursuit of European union helped chase Mrs Thatcher from power.
- 他对欧洲统一的执著追求在一定程度上促成了撒切尔夫人的下台。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.
- 对质量孜孜不倦的追求使他的技能出类拔萃。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Policemen jumped over the wall of the Spanish Embassy in pursuit.
- 警察在追捕中跳过西班牙大使馆的围墙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was almost maniacal in his pursuit of sporting records.
- 他近乎发疯般地追求着打破体育纪录。
来自柯林斯例句