quest

英 [kwest] 美[kw?st]
  • n. 追求；尋找
  • vi. 追求；尋找
  • vt. 探索
  • n. (Quest)人名；(德)奎斯特
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?quests;

助記提示

【例】in quest of adventure尋求冒險(xiǎn)活動(dòng)
【助記】quest(諧音快死她)--- 一般死前都有尋求別人的原諒, 人之將死, 其言也善.
1. 她快死了，但是很不甘心，還不想死，因此不斷的拼命尋找、尋求最后的救命稻草。
2. 經(jīng)過(guò)大街(st)時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)缺(que)了個(gè)東西，于是返回去尋找(quest).

中文詞源

quest 探索，疑問(wèn)

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)quaere, 疑問(wèn)， 詢問(wèn)， 查問(wèn)， 可能來(lái)自PIE*kwo, 疑問(wèn)代詞詞干， 詞源同 quality,quantity,who,how.-st,過(guò)去分詞后綴。

英文詞源

quest (n.)
c. 1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."
quest (v.)
mid-14c., "to seek game, hunt," from quest (n.) and from Old French quester "to search, hunt," from queste (n.). Related: Quested; questing.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future.
我對(duì)新的未來(lái)的追求從未動(dòng)搖過(guò)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. My quest for a better bank continues.
我繼續(xù)尋找一家更好的銀行。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
韋特畢生都在進(jìn)行精神探索。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty.
清教徒變成了追求自由的逃亡者。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.
人類在探索真理過(guò)程中必然會(huì)遭受挫折.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》