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

WORD ORIGINquest

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French queste, from Latin quaestus; ➔ QUESTION1

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

a spiritual quest

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

At their roots, both quests originated out of human inquisitiveness.
Both are on a quest that could change the way politics is done.
From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.
However I was wrong: the quest for fusion is perhaps an example of these problems.
She loves her life and is immersed in the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake.
The content it attaches to physical reality makes the natural world autonomous; its quest is to determine what is.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► spiritual

· The spiritual quest is to discover order in our consciousness.· We should encourage the president in his spiritual quest.· The mental powers, which made that spiritual quest possible, were the fount of human uniqueness - not a cosmic position.· Harcourt-Reilly takes her out of her conventional life, and leads her towards a spiritual quest and eventual martyrdom.

VERB► become

· Rose, too, in her quest for a dress became money-conscious.

► begin

· Literally just as filming began the quest ended with Vivien Leigh.· Thoreau begins his quest with a retreat from society.· But before we begin on our quest, we need something to call them in the interim.· It turned out that they had barely begun their quest before disaster struck.

► continue

· Wigg, in that conversation with me, was seeking my approval to continue his parliamentary quest for information.· This is our continuing quest, and in this book we describe what we have learned.· Hopefully, the rich blend of intellects and backgrounds and divergent objectives will continue the quest.

► embark

· Sometimes they embarked on quests and did not return.

► find

· She talked of quests, of finding this absurd religious character, but he was unsure of her conviction.· My life is one long quest to find the perfect partner but I always look in the wrong places.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in quest of something

All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder.
Foreign powers had long penetrated the area in quest of wealth or influence, or to counter the lusts of their adversaries.
In this respect, Odysseus represents the male flight from domesticity and intimacy in quest of independence.
We drove across the prairie in quest of a monster.

单词	quest
释义	questquest /kwest/ ●○○ noun [countable] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINquest Origin: 1300-1400 Old French queste, from Latin quaestus; ➔ QUESTION1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a spiritual quest EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At their roots, both quests originated out of human inquisitiveness. Both are on a quest that could change the way politics is done. From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century. However I was wrong: the quest for fusion is perhaps an example of these problems. She loves her life and is immersed in the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake. The content it attaches to physical reality makes the natural world autonomous; its quest is to determine what is. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► spiritual · The spiritual quest is to discover order in our consciousness.· We should encourage the president in his spiritual quest.· The mental powers, which made that spiritual quest possible, were the fount of human uniqueness - not a cosmic position.· Harcourt-Reilly takes her out of her conventional life, and leads her towards a spiritual quest and eventual martyrdom. VERB► become · Rose, too, in her quest for a dress became money-conscious. ► begin · Literally just as filming began the quest ended with Vivien Leigh.· Thoreau begins his quest with a retreat from society.· But before we begin on our quest, we need something to call them in the interim.· It turned out that they had barely begun their quest before disaster struck. ► continue · Wigg, in that conversation with me, was seeking my approval to continue his parliamentary quest for information.· This is our continuing quest, and in this book we describe what we have learned.· Hopefully, the rich blend of intellects and backgrounds and divergent objectives will continue the quest. ► embark · Sometimes they embarked on quests and did not return. ► find · She talked of quests, of finding this absurd religious character, but he was unsure of her conviction.· My life is one long quest to find the perfect partner but I always look in the wrong places. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in quest of something All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder. Foreign powers had long penetrated the area in quest of wealth or influence, or to counter the lusts of their adversaries. In this respect, Odysseus represents the male flight from domesticity and intimacy in quest of independence. We drove across the prairie in quest of a monster. 1a long search for something that is difficult to findquest for his long quest for truth the quest for human happiness World leaders are now united in their quest for peace.2in quest of something trying to find or get something: They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices.
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