Pursuit

(noun.) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; 'the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit'.

(noun.) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; 'the pursuit of love'; 'life is more than the pursuance of fame'; 'a quest for wealth'.

录入:赛斯

• We see again here, as in the case of Thales, th at the love of abstract thought, the pursuit of science as science, did not interfere with ultimate practical applications. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Except for his prompt pursuit, so much in this way would not have been accomplished. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I now regarded the time to accomplish anything by pursuit as past and, after Rosecrans reached Jonesboro, I ordered him to return. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The pursuit was continued until after dark. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• On the morning of the 3d pursuit was commenced. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Quickly I hastened along the hallway in pursuit. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He had confessed a taste for the pursuit of love under difficulties; here was full gratification for that taste. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It should not be said that the Miss Bennets could not be at home half a day before they were in pursuit of the officers. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Sheridan on the extreme right was already in pursuit of the enemy east of the ridge. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A room not large enough to skate in; nor adapted to the easy pursuit of any other occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Sharing in actual pursuit, whether directly or vicariously in play, is at least personal and vital. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• You must often be weary with the pursuit of subjects in your own track. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The faster the old mail went, the faster came the pursuers--men, horses, dogs, were leagued in the pursuit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The first wave is past, and the argument is compelled to admit that men and women have common duties and pursuits. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Debasement of character is the certain follower of such pursuits. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I know you now, and your tastes and pursuits. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• But there was an equally strong desire on the part of ordinary men to be neither taxed nor interfered with in their ordinary pursuits. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Dr. Franklin did not suffer his political pursuits to engross his whole attention. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Were the pride of ancestry, the patrician spirit, the gentle courtesies and refined pursuits, splendid attributes of rank, to be erased among us? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Do not fear, Mr Boffin, that I shall contaminate the premises which your gold has bought, with MY lowly pursuits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Edison tells an amusing story of his own pursuits at this time. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I don't want to have any words with you, and still less do I want to have any anatomical pursuits with you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He will also achieve pretty much the same stock of knowledge since that knowledge is an ingredient of his habitual pursuits. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And Mr. Bounderby went about his daily pursuits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• We talked of change and active pursuits, but still remained at Windsor, incapable of violating the charm that attached us to our secluded life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It was natural that in the first development of mechanical appliances they should be devoted to those pursuits in which men had the greatest practical interest. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The mathematical kn owledge of the Babylonians is related on the one hand to their astronomy and on the other to their commercial pursuits. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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