| 词汇 | collocation_english_pursuit |
| 释义 | Collocations with pursuitThese are words often used in combination with pursuit. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. academic pursuit The inquiry into an emerging 'regional' architecture can co-exist as both an academic pursuit and a quest of practice. active pursuit It is not the case that a good life is one in which people must be constantly engaged in the active pursuit of goals. aggressive pursuit In addition, the aggressive pursuit of trade liberalisation by the military government after 1976 led to a sharp contraction of the industrial labour force. artistic pursuit The creation of literature, it is assumed, is an artistic pursuit which should not be degraded by the discussion of anything so sordid as money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 creative pursuits Composers who persisted in their work in spite of this did so by accepting and then overcoming the loneliness of their creative pursuits. educational pursuits For example, in education, activity has increased from 20% to an average of about 89% of committees engaging in some type of educational pursuits. hot pursuit The cornerstones of the strategy were envelopment, surprise, speed and hot pursuit. intellectual pursuit They are almost invariably linked to a more intellectual pursuit: they accompany interviews, reviews, or 'news' items. leisure pursuit Depending on economic conditions, poaching might be morally acceptable in conditions of famine and to feed one's family, but not as a leisure pursuit without the relevant economic pressure. literary pursuit In these instances, the schools frequently served as academies where elite men gathered to engage in literary pursuits. outdoor pursuit It is a great thing to see the satisfaction and sense of achievement that those pupils can get from outdoor pursuit centres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 police pursuit A new fire training tower was built southeast of the control tower, and the 7,000-foot runway is used for high-speed police pursuit training. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. pursuit of excellence In the last ten years the company has gone through a huge amount of change, in the pursuit of excellence, without major difficulty. pursuit of happiness The outcome, though based on the legislator delivering minimal conditions for the pursuit of happiness, would nonetheless be practical and realizable. pursuit of justice The reason for integrity, on this understanding, is that integrity, valued for the sake of gradualism, aids in the pursuit of justice. pursuit of knowledge However, after a point people realized that the pursuit of knowledge itself brought pleasure and thus started to pursue it as an end in itself. pursuit of peace Categorical imperatives offer hope, but they may make the pursuit of peace harder rather than easier. pursuit of pleasure Sixty-eighters were not turning away from politics in the pursuit of pleasure : isolated individuals found happiness in collective action. pursuit of profit We have seen in recent times how the relentless pursuit of profit has brought the global economy to its knees. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English pursuit of self-interest That her novel articulates a story in which the pursuit of self-interest is not stigmatized or considered vulgar is significant in historical terms. pursuit of truth He had little interest in an abstract pursuit of truth. pursuit of wealth Women reminded male church leaders that their self-interested pursuit of wealth had undermined domestic peace. recreational pursuit I doubt very much whether political meetings could, by any stretch of the imagination, be called a recreational pursuit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 relentless pursuit Why is he the object of her relentless pursuit? scholarly pursuits This theme deserves further research, and might be explored through other avenues for cultural patronage, such as performance art, literary interests, scholarly pursuits and gardening. single-minded pursuit It will also certainly involve redirecting the single-minded pursuit of abstraction promoted by the academy. vigorous pursuit These conditions would not have been propitious for the vigorous pursuit of a new political agenda. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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