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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I say, shall we go downtown this evening?
喂，今晚我们上街怎么样？
When you have finished the letter, you make any changes you wish, check it and print it.
当你打完信件，你可以随意修改、检查，然后打印。
She instructed in her will that if that were to happen, all the money should go to an organization for helping the blind called Helping Hand.
于是她在遗嘱中指示如果此事发生，这笔钱应该全部捐献给一个名叫'援助之手'的盲人救济组织。