英语词汇“pursue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

pursue

释义

pursue /pər-sūˈ or pər-sooˈ/

transitive verb

To follow in order to overtake and capture or kill
To chase
To hunt
To follow with haste
To follow up
To follow the course of
To be engaged in
To carry on
To seek to obtain or attain
To proceed in accordance with
To proceed with
To harass or persecute, persist in opposing or seeking to injure
To prosecute or sue (Scots law)

intransitive verb

To follow
To go on or continue
To act as a prosecutor at law

ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr pursuer, pursiwer, from popular L forms prosequere or -īre or persequere or -īre, for L prōsequī and persequī, from prō- and per- (the prefixes being confused), and sequī to follow

pursuˈable adjective

pursuˈal or (more often) pursuˈance noun

Pursuit
The act of carrying out or following (eg in pursuance of this policy)

pursuˈant adjective

Pursuing
In pursuance (with to; approaching an adv)

pursuˈantly adverb

pursuˈer noun

Someone who pursues
A plaintiff (Scots law)

pursuˈing noun and adjective

pursuˈingly adverb

poursew or poursue, poursuit or poursuitt Spenserian for pursue and pursuit

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