quest

C1 CET-6 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #5850 ★★☆☆☆

n. 探索, 寻求, 调查 v. 寻找, 找, 追寻猎物

发音

US /kwɛst/

词形变化

quests 复数 quested questing quests 三单 quests questing 现在分词 quested 过去式 quested 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

探索

动词

追求；寻找

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

    探索

    寻求

    the hero's quest

  2. 2.

    A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

    A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.

    游戏
  3. 3.

    The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

    搜索

    to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

  4. 4.

    A request; a desire; a solicitation.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    An inquest; a jury of inquest.

    废旧
  7. 1.

    A short test.

    教育
v.
  1. 1.

    To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To search for something; to seek.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To locate and attach to a host animal.

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

seeking pursuit pursuance

上位词 3

search hunt hunting

下位词 1

wild-goose chase
动词

同义词 5

request bay ask for call for bespeak

上位词 10

dog pass track beg chase seek tail trail tap tag

下位词 10

call ask hold excuse order book beg challenge invite desire

近义相关 2

invite call for

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).

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