| 单词 | quest |
| 释义 | quest From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishquestquest /kwest/ ●○○ noun [countable] literary1 LOOK FORa long search for something that is difficult to findquest forhis long quest for truththe quest for human happinessWorld leaders are now united in their quest for peace.2 → in quest of somethingExamples from the Corpusquest• Both are on a quest that could change the way politics is done.• At their roots, both quests originated out of human inquisitiveness.• The content it attaches to physical reality makes the natural world autonomous; its quest is to determine what is.• a spiritual quest• From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.• She loves her life and is immersed in the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake.• However I was wrong: the quest for fusion is perhaps an example of these problems.quest for• Industries are still engaged in a quest for increased productivity.Origin quest (1300-1400) Old French queste, from Latin quaestus; → QUESTION1 |
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