quest

英 [kwest] 美 [kwest]

n.  探索,寻找,追求(幸福等)
v.  探索; 探求

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 探索,寻找,追求(幸福等)
    a long search for sth, especially for some quality such as happiness
    1. the quest for happiness/knowledge/truth
      对幸福 / 知识 / 真理的追求
    2. He set off in quest of adventure.
      他出行探险去了。

verb

  1. 探索;探求
    to search for sth that is difficult to find

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-COUNT (长期艰难的)追求,探索,寻找
      A quest is a long and difficult search for something.
      1. My quest for a better bank continues.
        我继续寻找一家更好的银行。
      2. ...his quest to find true love...
        他对真爱的不懈追寻
      3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
        韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。

    双语例句

    1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future
      我对新的未来的追求从未动摇过。
    2. The British establishment seems to be off on another quest for fool's gold.
      这家英国机构似乎开始了又一次徒劳无功的探索。
    3. You should not be afraid to aim high in the quest for an improvement in your income
      想让自己的收入有所提高时,你应该敢于给自己设定高的目标。
    4. His quest for perfection is relentless
      他不断追求完美。
    5. My quest for a better bank continues.
      我继续寻找一家更好的银行。
    6. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
      韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。
    7. She had suffered her own share of slings and arrows in the quest for publicity.
      在追求成名的道路上,她经历了许许多多的坎坷不平。
    8. The hunters stayed in the woods all day in quest of game.
      猎人整天呆在树林中搜寻猎物。
    9. Superpotent atom Smashers will undertake the quark quest in the1980s.
      超高效的粒子加速器将于80年代投入夸克探索的工作之中。
    10. The quest for a better life has run through the urban history of mankind.
      对更好生活的追求贯穿了人类的城市发展史。
    11. You already have this quest skill.
      你已经拥有此项技能了。
    12. All his social practices had something to do with his knowledge and quest for the western learning.
      穆藕初的所有社会实践都与对西学的认识和探索有关。
    13. This is my quest.
      这是我的追求。
    14. Take time, add exploration and the quest for knowledge and you have the human story.
      掌握了时间,再加上探索以及对知识的探求,你就拥有了人类的故事。
    15. And most all of us seek a mate even after painful loss and heartbreak in that quest.
      在追求这些的过程中,即使会经历痛苦的失落和心碎,我们绝大多数人也仍然会寻找一个伴侣。
    16. Here I have already passed a trigger, and the question mark over the quest giver is active.
      在这里,我已经通过了一项引发,和问号超过追求赐予是活跃。
    17. The Little Rock Nine became a symbol of courage in the quest for equality.
      在追求种族平等的斗争中,“小石城九学生”成为了勇气的象征。
    18. Philosophy is essentially not possession of the truth, but quest for the truth.
      哲学在本质上并非对真理的占有,而是对真理的探求。
    19. This player already has this quest skill.
      此玩家已经学到了这个寻求的技能。
    20. This would yield a quest reward that you would only get if you took part in the world event.
      如果你参加了世界性的任务,这将会提供只有你拥有的任务回报。
    21. The only way I used to get them was by "Accidentally" passing a character with a quest.
      唯一的办法我用,让他们是由“意外地”通过了一项性质与追求。
    22. Embark on a quest that will take you through many mysterious worlds.
      走上了一条追求,将采取通过许多神秘的世界你。
    23. This text made the some quest research now.
      本文就此作了一些探索性研究。
    24. You will be more alert on your internal and I thought processes and your quest for growth.
      你会更提高警觉,在您的内部和我以为的过程和您的追求增长。
    25. I have a job, jack. I have a quest.
      我有,我有任务。
    26. A new quest has been added to receive an epic quality dagger.
      加入了一个获得史诗级匕首的任务。
    27. With the letter I think I look like, let me feel your love and my quest.
      抱着我的文字想想我的样子,让我感觉到你的柔情和我相随。
    28. He apperceived this and denoted his life to quest for the truth of subject.
      福柯洞察到了这一危机,并把对主体真相的探求作为一贯的思想旨归。
    29. We always exaggerate people's quest for G.D.P.and undervalue their quest for ideals.
      我们总是夸大民众对GDP的需求并低估他们对理想的追求。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. the act of searching for something
      1. a quest for diamonds

      Synonym:    seeking

    2. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
      1. the pursuit of love
      2. life is more than the pursuance of fame
      3. a quest for wealth

      Synonym:    pursuitpursuance

    verb

    1. express the need or desire for
      1. She requested an extra bed in her room
      2. She called for room service

      Synonym:    requestbespeakcall for

    2. seek alms, as for religious purposes

      1. bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

          Synonym:    bay

        1. search the trail of (game)
          1. The dog went off and quested

        2. make a search (for)
          1. Things that die with their eyes open and questing
          2. The animal came questing through the forest