#头条创作挑战赛#

每日一词 | pursue

高中 CET4 CET6 考研

英 [pəˈsjuː] 美 [pərˈsuː]

例句

1.In 2018, Ivan Eng quit his job as a finance manager to pursue a career helping underprivileged children.

2018年，Ivan Eng辞去了财务经理的工作，从事帮助贫困儿童的职业。

——21-22学年《英语周报·高一阅读综合版》

2.I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of “cool”, I had never pursued them.

我一度着迷于化学、生物和数学，但由于这些兴趣不符合泰森对“酷”的定义，我从未努力追求过它们。

——2020年高考天津卷

3.She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press.

她离开剧场，被记者穷追不舍。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

基本释义

[verb]

1.If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it.

2.If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time.

3.If you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them.

[动词]

1.执行；遵循

2.追求；努力实现（通常在相当长一段时间里）

3.追逐；跟踪；追赶

派生词

pursuit: the act of looking for or trying to get something

同/近义词

seek（点击查看往期推文）: to look for something / somebody; to ask somebody for something; to try to obtain or achieve something

desire（点击查看往期推文）: to want something; to wish for something

track: to find somebody / something by following the marks, signs, information, etc., that they have left behind them

互动问题

1.下边这句话中的pursue为何意？

Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree.

2.你能否准确翻译出这句话的含义呢？试一试，在留言区写下来吧！

3.你还对哪个词感兴趣，也可以留言告诉我们！

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