pursuit是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working -- 嗜好，消遣，娛樂

  • I enjoy outdoor pursuits, like hiking and riding. 我喜歡戶外活動，比如健行和騎馬。

  • I don't have much opportunity for leisure pursuits these days. 我近來沒有多少時間可以花在業餘愛好上。

• 1 the act of following someone or something to try to catch him, her, or it -- 追蹤；追擊

  • Three people have been killed in high-speed pursuits by the police recently. 有三人在最近員警的高速追捕中斃命。

  • The robbers fled the scene of the crime, with the police in pursuit. 搶劫者逃離了犯罪現場，員警緊追不捨。

• 2 the act of trying to achieve a plan, activity, or situation, usually over a long period of time -- 追求；從事；實行

  • the pursuit of happiness 對幸福的追求

  • The company is ruthless in its pursuit of profit. 公司為追求利潤不擇手段。

  • The union is on strike in pursuit of (= trying to achieve) a ten percent pay increase. 工會為了爭取10%的加薪而罷工。