每日一詞 | pursue
高中 CET4 CET6 考研
英 [p??sju?] 美 [p?r?su?]
例句
1.In 2018, Ivan Eng quit his job as a finance manager to pursue a career helping underprivileged children.
2018年,Ivan Eng辭去了財(cái)務(wù)經(jīng)理得工作,從事幫助貧困兒童得職業(yè)。
——21-22學(xué)年《英語(yǔ)周報(bào)·高一閱讀綜合版》
2.I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of “cool”, I had never pursued them.
我一度著迷于化學(xué)、生物和數(shù)學(xué),但由于這些興趣不符合泰森對(duì)“酷”得定義,我從未努力追求過(guò)它們。
——上年年高考天津卷
3.She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press.
她離開劇場(chǎng),被感謝窮追不舍。
——《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
基本釋義
[verb]
1.If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it.
2.If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time.
3.If you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them.
[動(dòng)詞]
1.執(zhí)行;遵循
2.追求;努力實(shí)現(xiàn)(通常在相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里)
3.追逐;跟蹤;追趕
派生詞
pursuit: the act of looking for or trying to get something
同/近義詞
seek(查看往期推文): to look for something / somebody; to ask somebody for something; to try to obtain or achieve something
desire(查看往期推文): to want something; to wish for something
track: to find somebody / something by following the marks, signs, information, etc., that they have left behind them
互動(dòng)問(wèn)題
1.下邊這句話中得pursue為何意?
Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree.
2.你能否準(zhǔn)確翻譯出這句話得含義呢?試一試,在留言區(qū)寫下來(lái)吧!
3.你還對(duì)哪個(gè)詞感興趣,也可以留言告訴我們!
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