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pursuits

/per-soot/US // pərˈsut //UK // (pəˈsjuːt) //

追求,追寻,追求的目标,追求的东西

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
    • : an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness.
    • : any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits.

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Examples

  • In turn, car manufacturers have stepped up their pursuit of online sales.

  • Regardless, the history of these kind of cases offers a hopeful track record that points to how merely the pursuit of anticompetitive business practices helps restore competition.

  • Every individual is different, and can end up with varying problems in their pursuit of fat loss.

  • Julia Roberts played Brockovich and memorably portrayed the young legal assistant’s dogged pursuit of details, a trait that ultimately resulted in a $333 million settlement from the power company, the largest direct-action settlement in history.

  • Despite how useful it is, applying bioleaching to e-waste has mostly been an academic pursuit.

  • When I tried to persuade him to drop the title The Short Night, I proposed calling the picture Pursuit.

  • Yet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.

  • Was it Shakespeare, in mad pursuit of a lovely boy and that voluptuous Dark Lady?

  • The cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.

  • They say The Guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.

  • Now this is what we call a "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" of the most obstinate kind.

  • About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.

  • Only in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.

  • Colonel Guitar concluded to rest his men until morning, and then continue the pursuit.

  • The cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.