| 单词 | pursue |
| 释义 | pursue (once / 56 pages) 1v 2v Use the verb pursue when you're chasing after someone or something. A hungry lion might pursue a zebra, the paparazzi might pursue a celebrity, and a young dancer might pursue her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. Pursue originally meant "to follow with hostile intent," from a Latin root word, prosequi, "follow, accompany, follow after, or follow up." Today, when you pursue someone, it's not necessarily with bad intentions. A police officer, for example, might pursue a criminal, and your dog might pursue your cat around the house just for fun. If you pursue a career in journalism, you are working to achieve it. Likewise, you pursue a strategy or a hobby if you do it consistently. WORD FAMILYpursue: pursuance, pursuant, pursued, pursuer, pursues, pursuing, pursuit+/pursuant: pursuantly/pursuer: pursuers/pursuit: pursuits USAGE EXAMPLESSecurity Council resolutions ban the North from pursuing its missile program. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Though the police recommended an indictment, the attorney general at the time decided not to pursue the case for lack of evidence. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Authorities say police pursued a vehicle Thursday that matched the description of one involved in an earlier armed robbery. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v follow in or as if in pursuit The police car pursued the suspected attacker Syn|Hypo|Hyper follow follow, surveil, survey keep under surveillance stalk go through (an area) in search of prey chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trailgo after with the intent to catch haunt, stalkfollow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to treechase an animal up a tree questsearch the trail of (game) hound, hunt, tracepursue or chase relentlessly run downpursue until captured go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v go in search of or hunt for pursue a hobby Syn|Hyper go after, quest after, quest for look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 3v carry further or advance 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper act on, follow up on check out, run down trace oppose, react act against or in opposition to v carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in She pursued many activities Syn|Hypo|Hyper engage, prosecute commit, practice engage in or perform closeengage at close quarters politickengage in political activities logrollwork toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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