pur‧sue S3 W2 AC / pəsju $ pərsu / 动词 [及物动词]

1 to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve something over a long period of time → pursuit :

She plans to pursue a career in politics.

Students should pursue their own interests , as well as do their school work.

pursue a goal/aim/objective etc

companies that pursue the traditional goal of profits

a campaign promise to pursue policies that will help the poor

2 pursue the matter/argument/question etc to continue trying to find out about or persuade someone about a particular subject :

Janet did not dare pursue the matter further .

The defence pursued the question of Dr Carrington’s state of mind.

3 to chase or follow someone or something, in order to catch them, attack them etc → pursuit :

Briggs ran across the field with one officer pursuing him.

4 to keep trying to persuade someone to have a relationship with you :

I was pleased, but somewhat embarrassed, when she pursued me.

COLLOCATIONS

名词

pursue a career You have to be dedicated to pursue a career in medicine.

pursue an interest Always encourage children to pursue their interests.

pursue a goal/aim/objective She was known to be ruthless in pursuing her goals.

pursue your ambitions David left the company to pursue his political ambitions.

pursue a policy/strategy The organization is pursuing a policy of cost cutting.

THESAURUS

follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going : The man had followed her home to find out where she lived. | Follow that car! | He hired a detective to follow her.

chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape : Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.

run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them : I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.

stalk / stɔk $ stɒk / to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them : a tiger stalking its prey | He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.

pursue / pəsju $ pərsu / written to chase someone in a very determined way : The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.

give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you : One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man. | The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.

tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go : Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.

track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground : The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.