🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6427 COCA: 4067

quest

Word family 
quest /kwest/ ●○○ noun [countableC] literary  
1  LOOK FORa long search for something that is difficult to find 〔长期的〕寻求；探索；追求
quest for
 his long quest for truth
他对真理的长期探索
 the quest for human happiness
对人类幸福的追求
 World leaders are now united in their quest for peace.
世界各国领导人现在一致寻求实现和平。
2  in quest of something literary trying to find or get something 寻找某物
 They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices.
他们远赴摩鹿加群岛寻找香料。
Examples from the Corpus
in quest of something• Foreign powers had long penetrated the area in quest of wealth or influence, or to counter the lusts of their adversaries.• In this respect, Odysseus represents the male flight from domesticity and intimacy in quest of independence.• All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder.• We drove across the prairie in quest of a monster.
Examples from the Corpus
quest• Both are on a quest that could change the way politics is done.• At their roots, both quests originated out of human inquisitiveness.• The content it attaches to physical reality makes the natural world autonomous; its quest is to determine what is.• a spiritual quest• From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.• She loves her life and is immersed in the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake.• However I was wrong: the quest for fusion is perhaps an example of these problems.
quest for• Industries are still engaged in a quest for increased productivity.
Origin quest
(1300-1400) Old French queste, from Latin quaestus; → QUESTION1
quest noun
Chinese
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6427 COCA: 4067
quest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUEST | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤endless, eternal, never-ending, relentless無止境的探求；永恆的追求；不懈的追求➤continuing, lifelong, ongoing不斷的追求；終生的追求➤personal個人追求➤noble崇高的追求▸➤religious, spiritual宗教上的／精神上的追求VERB + QUEST➤begin, embark on, go on, set off on, set out on開始探求；踏上探求之路▸➤continue, pursue繼續尋求◇The team will continue its quest for Olympic gold this afternoon.今天下午該隊將再接再厲爭取奧運會金牌。➤abandon放棄尋覓PREPOSITION➤in a/the quest尋求中◇an important stage in their quest for truth他們尋求真理過程中的一個重要階段➤in quest of尋找⋯◇We set off in quest of the perfect wedding dress.我們開始尋找理想的婚紗。➤quest for對⋯的追求◇her quest for a better life她對更美好生活的追求
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6427 COCA: 4067
quest noun
⇨ search
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6427 COCA: 4067

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime