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quest
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n.

vt.

vi.

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1. N-COUNT (长期艰难的)追求，探索，寻找 A quest is a long and difficult search for something. 

  • My quest for a better bank continues.

    我继续寻找一家更好的银行。

  • ...his quest to find true love...

    他对真爱的不懈追寻

  • Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.

    韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。

  • If you go in quest of something, you try to find or obtain it.寻找;寻求

    • He went on to say that he was going to New York in quest of peace...

      他接着说自己准备到纽约去寻求安宁。

    • The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty.

      清教徒变成了追求自由的逃亡者。

Noun

1. 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"

2. the act of searching for something;

  • "a quest for diamonds"
Verb

1. make a search (for);

  • "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"
  • "The animal came questing through the forest"

2. search the trail of (game);

  • "The dog went off and quested"

3. bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

  • synonym： bay

4. seek alms, as for religious purposes

5. express the need or desire for; ask for;

  • "She requested an extra bed in her room"
  • "She called for room service"

体育

  • 1.探索

计算机

  • 1.搜索，检查;= QUery Evaluation and Search Technique,询问求值和检索技术; = Query/Update Extension to SysTem 2000 (MRI), ＳＹＳＴＥＭ２０００的询问／更新扩充(ＭＲＩ系统公司)
1. Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.
人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The dogs were quest ing for rabbits.
猎狗正在搜寻兔子。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》