Pursuit
[ pɚ'sut ]
第2级
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n. 追赶;工作;
💡 词根助记
pursu=pursue追求+it名词后缀，表抽象名词 →追求
📝 例句
He wasted his life in the vain pursuit of pleasure.
他为了追求享乐而白白虚度了一生。
He is engaged in scientific pursuit.
他从事科学研究。
The pursuit alone is my strength, the energy of my soul.
追逐是我力量的来源，元气的寄托。
His dogged pursuit of the presidency was turning into a national joke.
他还执拗地谋求总统职位变成了全国的笑柄。
Another half an hour passed, and the pursuit was still fruitless.
又过了半个钟头，他们的搜索仍然毫无结果。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ pur-拼音“仆人”,suit-适合,仆人适合从事追击工作
※ purse-钱包,pursuit-追赶:钱包被小偷偷去,赶忙追赶
※ pur-pure纯的,suit-一套衣服:买一套纯色衣服是为了追赶时髦
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pursuit
n
(fml 文)
1 [U] ~ of sth action of pursuing (pursue 2) sth 追求; 寻求; 从事; 进行
The pursuit of profit was the main reason for the changes. 作出这些改变主要是为了追求利润.
She devoted her life to the pursuit of pleasure. 她一生都在寻求享乐.
2 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
thing to which one gives one's time, energy, etc; occupation or activity 花时间、 精力等做的事; 职业
artistic, literary, scientific pursuits 艺术的、 文学的、 科学的研究
be engaged in/devote oneself to worthwhile pursuits 从事[献身於]有意义的活动.
3 (idm 习语) in pursuit (of sb/sth) with the aim of catching sb/sth 追捕某人[某物]
thirty grown men in pursuit of a single fox 追猎一只狐狸的三十名成年男子. in pursuit of sth with the aim of obtaining sth 追求某事物
people travelling about the country in pursuit of work 到全国各地寻找工作的人们. in (hot) pur`suit pursuing (closely and with determination) 穷追不舍
a fox with the hounds in hot pursuit 被猎犬穷追的狐狸.
🎯 考研助记
pursue(v.追求)-pursuit(n.追求)
🔁 扩展释义
*[pә'sju:t]n. 追踪, 追求, 追赶, 娱乐, 职业【法】 追捕, 追求
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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No problem. We can do some telephone interviews with our users.
没问题。我们可以用电话来采访我们的用户。
This is a kind of printing that blind people can read by touching groups of raised points that are printed on paper.
布莱叶盲文是一种印刷字体，盲人通过摸印在纸上起的点点来读书。
All the bees that had been at the nearby place were doing the circling dance.
所有在近处点的蜜蜂在跳一种完全不同的舞蹈，一种摇摆舞。