| 词组 | pursuit |
| 释义 | pursuit When followed by a preposition, pursuit is used with of. • ... amassed a fortune in the pursuit of her profession —American Guide Series: Louisiana, 1941 • ... the real founders of the typically English middle-class pursuit of branch banking —Roy Lewis & Angus Maude, The English Middle Classes, 1950 • ... protesting against the acceptance by the church of the pursuit of wealth —D. W. Brogan, The English People, 1943 • ... in pursuit of his objective to bring to America every bird mentioned in Shakespeare —Morris Gilbert, N.Y. Times Mag., 19 Sept. 1954 • Military action was not pursuit of a military solution but an argument by force that would bring Hanoi to an agreement —Barbara W. Tuchman, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 11 Nov. 1979 • Several publishers are bringing out books on Iran, in hot pursuit of the headlines —Herbert Mitgang, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 17 Feb. 1980 |
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