pursue

英 [pə'sjuː] 美 [pər'suː]

v.追求；追捕；继续执行；从事

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◉Usage Examples

(1) Everyone has the freedom to pursue their dreams.

(2) The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.

(3) Let's not pursue this argument.

(4) She wishes to pursue a medical career.

(1) 每个人都有追求各自梦想的自由。

(2) 警方正在追捕一名越狱的逃犯。

(3) 让我们别再继续这个争论了。

(4) 她希望从事医学工作。

◉Usage notes

Use the verb pursue when you're chasing after someone — the way that paparazzi pursue a celebrity.

Pursue originally meant "to follow with hostile intent," from a Latin root word, prosequi, "follow, accompany, follow after, or follow up." Today, when you pursue someone, it's not necessarily with bad intentions. A police officer, for example, might pursue a criminal, and your dog might pursue your cat around the house just for fun. If you pursue a career in journalism, you are working to achieve it. Likewise, you pursue a strategy or a hobby if you do it consistently.

◉Collins

1. [VERB 动词]实行；执行；贯彻 If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]

① It became harder for women married to diplomats to pursue their own interests...

与外交官结婚的女性要追求自己的爱好就变得更加困难了。

② He said Japan would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the London summit...

他说日本将继续贯彻伦敦峰会所制定的政策。

③ She had come to England to pursue an acting career.

她来英格兰投身演艺事业。

2. [VERB 动词]寻求；追求 If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time.

① The implication seems to be that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously...

言外之意似乎是经济改革和民主化进程是不可能同时进行的。

② Mr. Menendez has aggressively pursued new business.

梅嫩德斯先生积极开拓新业务。

3. [VERB 动词]追查；追问；追究 If you pursue a particular topic, you try to find out more about it by asking questions. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]

If your original request is denied, don't be afraid to pursue the matter.

如果你最初的请求遭到拒绝，不要害怕，要继续追问下去。