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单词 quest
释义
quest
noun[C]
literary
uk
/kwest/us
/kwest/
C2
alongsearchfor something that isdifficulttofind, or anattempttoachievesomethingdifficult:
探索；寻求；追求
Nothing willstopthemintheirquestfortruth.没有什么可以阻止他们对真理的追求。
She went toIndiaonaspiritualquest.她去印度是出于对宗教的追求。
[+ to infinitive]She doesaerobicsfourtimesaweekin her questtoachievetheperfectbody.为了练就完美身材，她一周做4次有氧健身操。
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  • In his quest forphysicalperfection, hespendshoursin thegym.
  • TheUnitedStatesis in thevanof the quest toestablishcontactwithbeingsfrom the beyond.
  • Newequipmentis beingdevelopedin a quest tostopdrinkinganddriving.
  • Scientistsannouncedanotherbreakthroughintheirquest for acureforprostatecancer.
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Trying and making an effort
(Definition ofquestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quest| American Dictionary

quest
noun[C]
us
/kwest/
alongsearchfor something that isdifficulttofind:
a quest for themeaningoflife
(Definition ofquestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquest

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But the theatre can and has played many other, deeper, and more important roles in thequestfor authentic democracy.
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The foodquestoften involves tasks that require great risk, skill, stamina, and vigor.
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The genealogicalquestin this otherwise well-researched and very interesting book induces a rather too teleological reading of the works studied.
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It is problems like this with keyword-based search that are driving thequestfor semantic search engines.
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Thus, the philosophical-scientific controversy is re-constructed in terms of identity politics, where criteria of truth and falsehood are less relevant than thequestfor coherence.
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Ultimately, these varied ways of studying and thinking about research problems can only benefit ourquestfor convergent validity.
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But let us not prefer intellectual laziness to thequestfor a correct conceptualization.
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In essence, the firms became the government's ' work horses ' in itsquestto bolster its credibility with respect to international capital.
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For most provincial ministries of health, it has been the focus of quests for containment, rationalisation and privatisation.
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Thisquestwas motivated by a sociocultural inclination towards learning, which places instructive dialogue at the core of successful teaching and learning.
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Thisquestfor newness of subject has led modern verse into strange paths.
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I think he abandoned hisquesttoo easily.
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But they also remained thwarted in theirquestfor upward mobility.
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Ideally, seasonally variable daily mortality rates operating on each stage in each state (questing, feeding, developing) should be measured.
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Although the adult data show high variance, they demonstrate a population that was both consistently sized over three years and questing at all seasons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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