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单词 pursuit
释义
pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/

pursuitnoun(ACTIVITY)

[Cusually plural]
anactivitythat youspendtimedoing, usually when you are notworking:
嗜好，消遣，娱乐
Ienjoyoutdoorpursuits, likehikingandriding.我喜欢户外活动，比如徒步旅行和骑马。
I don't have muchopportunityforleisurepursuits thesedays.我近来没有多少时间可以花在业余爱好上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pastimes - general words
  • activity
  • amusement
  • caper
  • frolic
  • game
  • hobby
  • interest
  • leisure
  • nonprofessional
  • nonprofessionally
  • pastime
  • rec
  • recreation
  • recreational
  • relaxation

pursuitnoun(FOLLOWING)

[CorU]
theactoffollowingsomeone or something totrytocatchhim, her, or it:
追踪；追击
Threepeoplehave beenkilledinhigh-speedpursuits by thepolicerecently.有3人在最近警察的高速追捕中毙命。
Therobbersfledthesceneof thecrime, with thepoliceinpursuit.抢劫者逃离了犯罪现场，警察紧追不舍。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pursuing
  • be hot onsomeone'strack/trailidiom
  • be onsomeone'stailidiom
  • bear
  • bear down onsomeone/something
  • bring
  • bring up the rearidiom
  • convoy
  • flight
  • hound
  • humbug
  • in hot pursuitidiom
  • on the scentidiom
  • pester
  • pursue
  • run
  • stalk
  • stick
  • tailgate
  • track
  • track and trace
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pursuitnoun(ATTEMPT)

C2[U]
theactoftryingtoachieveaplan,activity, orsituation, usually over alongperiodoftime:
追求；从事；实行
the pursuitofhappiness对幸福的追求
Thecompanyisruthlessinitspursuitofprofit.公司为追求利润不择手段。
Theunionis onstrikeinpursuitof(=tryingtoachieve)a tenpercentpayincrease.工会为了争取10%的加薪而罢工。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go down swinging/fightingidiom
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
  • strain after/for effectidiom
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(Definition ofpursuitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pursuit| American Dictionary

pursuit
noun
us
/pərˈsut/

pursuitnoun(ACT OF FOLLOWING)

[C/U]
theactoffollowingorsearchingfor someone or something, inordertocatchorattackthepersonor thing:
[U]The twochildrenranthrough thefieldin pursuit oftheirpuppy.

pursuitnoun(ATTEMPT)

[U]
anattempttoachievesomething:
TheDeclarationofIndependencestatesthatlife,liberty, and the pursuit ofhappinessarebasichumanrights.

pursuitnoun(ACTIVITY)

[Cusually pl]
anactivitythat youspendtimeandenergydoing:
scholarlypursuits
(Definition ofpursuitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpursuit

pursuit
The tests were carried out as the last of a battery of eye-movement tasks, including smoothpursuitand prosaccade tasks.
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If, however,pursuitand perception have different motion-integration pathways, thepursuitresponse to image motion will not be tightly correlated with perceptual coherence.
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Precision of the motion direction signals underlyingpursuiteye-movements and perception in humans.
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If solo practitioners have more time than patients,pursuitof income might lead them to perform unnecessary services.
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Furthermore, even for scholars who are dubious about the prospects for generalization or uninterested in itspursuit, theoretical explorations of historical causation remain important.
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Thepursuitof this goal has to be constrained, though: among the constraints are ontological, pragmatic, and epistemological considerations.
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At this stage of the argument, we should turn our attention to the epistemological strife accompanying the professionalpursuitof charismatic authority.
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Certainly both are ruthless inpursuitof their agendas.
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They are not afraid to risk ridicule in thepursuitof true representation.
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Stability is not only hard to g rasp, itspursuitis self-defeating.
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Unlike nursing, for example, career structures for doctors have long supported the simultaneouspursuitof academic research activity alongside practice.
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Realists emphasize new or continuing security concerns, and prescribe unilateral action and the deployment of traditional power politics in thepursuitof state interests.
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They were thus incompatible with politeness, which was allied with the metropolitan and cosmopolitan and thepursuitof a general culture.
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Such creatures would be ' perfectly reasonable ' in the sense that they could never be weak-willed in theirpursuitof the good.
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As development advances, it will naturally intersect to an increasing degree with efforts in thepursuitof 'virtual reality'.
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Collocationswithpursuit

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These are words often used in combination withpursuit.

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academic pursuit
The inquiry into an emerging 'regional' architecture can co-exist as both anacademicpursuitand a quest of practice.
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active pursuit
It is not the case that a good life is one in which people must be constantly engaged in theactivepursuitof goals.
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aggressive pursuit
In addition, theaggressivepursuitof trade liberalisation by the military government after 1976 led to a sharp contraction of the industrial labour force.
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