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pursuer

/per-soo-er/US // pərˈsu ər //

追捕者,追击者,追逐者,追求者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that pursues.
    • : Scots Law, Ecclesiastical Law. a plaintiff or complainant.

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Examples

  • The English veteran has gotten red-hot in the first round and after yet another birdie at 17, was at 7-under with a four-shot lead over his closest pursuer.

  • As Michael pursues his pursuers, moving steadily from one hazard to the next, scenes and images from years before continue to surface, creating a cumulative portrait of a powerfully twisted relationship that would have lethal consequences.

  • As Ian Thomson describes in the TLS this week, the cars drew level, and Mussolini pulled over to confront his pursuer.

  • Nearing her 60th birthday, the philosopher/novelist from Boston remains a relentless pursuer of literary life on the precipice.

  • It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.

  • Tom thought he felt the hot breath of his pursuer on his neck as he doubled actively round the corner.

  • A bull-fight is fearful enough, but it cannot compare with the struggle between a maddened buffalo and his pursuer.

  • The Esperanza tore onward, lunging violently, and shaking as though she dreaded the grip of some savage pursuer.

  • Several times it was thought she was sighted by some pursuer, but it always turned out to be some other craft.