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单词 pursue
释义
pursue
(pəʳsj , -s )
Word forms: pursues , pursuing , pursued
1. verb
If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it. [formal]
He said his country would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the summit. [VERB noun]
She had come to England to pursue an acting career. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: engage in, follow, perform, conduct  
2. verb
If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time. [formal]
The implication is that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously. [VERB noun]
Mr. Menendez has aggressively pursued new business. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: try for, seek, desire, search for  
3. verb
If you pursue a particular topic, you try to find out more about it by asking questions. [formal]
If your original request is denied, don't be afraid to pursue the matter. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: continue, maintain, carry on, keep on  
4. verb
If you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them. [formal]
She pursued the man who had stolen a woman's bag. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: follow, track, hunt, chase  
Collocations:
pursue a suspect
His fiance urges him to pursue the suspect in hope that he will gain recognition.
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The players pursued the suspect across fields and into a wood.
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The case raises doubts over the use of powers to pursue the suspected proceeds of crime.
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Both pursue their suspects, only to lose them.
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pursue a venture
Her father was opposed to her doing any type of acting, so she waited until after his death to pursue this venture.
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This would allow the studio to maintain control over the content and pursue the venture unencumbered by outside intervention.
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Neither man had any prior experience with oil, but they decided to pursue the venture.
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Once you're no longer struggling with these, you'll be free to pursue ventures, and passions, that were once forbidden.
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pursue a vision
They wanted to pursue their vision of pottery as art, without regard to function.
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This position enabled him to pursue his vision which was to have a park system that would give lungs to the great city and its future generations.
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They attempt to pursue this vision through high quality and standards for processes leveraged by technology to get the right aid to the right people at the right time.
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Accountability means pursuing the vision with such transparency that we gladly invite the world to look at our books.
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He had the foresight to imagine how far a new technology could go, and he pursued that vision singlemindedly.
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pursue a vocation
Here he investigated the country's botanical gardens, inspiring him to pursue a vocation in sciences.
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He quit his teaching positions, however, after only six months to pursue his vocation as a missionary.
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Moreover, the vipassana-dhura monks began to live in the forest, where they could best pursue their vocation undisturbed, while the gantha-dhura monks began to dwell in villages and towns.
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He became a printer, and pursued that vocation for four years.
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Over the years, people have migrated to other regions to pursue their vocations.
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pursue research
Pharmaceutical companies need to have incentives to pursue research.
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Despite expansion, nearly all universities focus on three or four-year degrees; they are all incentivised to pursue research; and they all aspire to rise in one single league table.
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My own college elects four young research fellows in their mid-twenties each year with no commitments other than to pursue research.
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Studies suggest those who failed to find work, or pursue research, found it harder to obtain steady careers later.
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He encouraged faculty to pursue research grants, which helped the school in its push toward research and growth as an academic medical center.
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pursue vigorously
The campaign, pursued vigorously over the following weeks, was a success.
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The story of the miner's long confinement has been pursued vigorously by rival film-makers.
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Of course questions about warnings ignored before the fire should be pursued vigorously; but pursued regardless of whether the warnings came from residents, victims or anyone else.
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For the last ten years, it has been pursuing vigorously dialog between science and religion.
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It was pursued vigorously and cut both alcohol sales and government revenue.
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Translations:
Chinese: 追赶, 执行
Japanese: 追跡する, 遂行する
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