pursue: [13] Pursue is first cousin to prosecute. Both go back ultimately to Latin prōsequī ‘follow up, pursue’. This led fairly directly to English prosecute, but it also seems to have had a Vulgar Latin descendant *prōsequere, which passed into English via Old French porsivre and Anglo-Norman pursuer as pursue. => prosecute, sue, suit
pursue (v.)
late 13c., "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-French pursuer and directly from Old French poursuir (Modern French poursuivre), variant of porsivre "to chase, pursue, follow; continue, carry on," from Vulgar Latin *prosequare, from Latin prosequi "follow, accompany, attend; follow after, escort; follow up, pursue," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to proceed, to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative (a course of action, etc.), is from late 14c. This sense also was in Latin. Related: Pursued; pursuing. For sense, compare prosecute.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. There is another avenue to pursue — it involves further negotiations.
還有一個(gè)辦法可用，但需要進(jìn)一步的磋商。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. She had come to England to pursue an acting career.
她來(lái)英格蘭投身演藝事業(yè)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Students may pursue research in any aspect of computational linguistics.
學(xué)生可以就計(jì)算語(yǔ)言學(xué)的任何一個(gè)方面展開(kāi)研究。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.
政府將可不受限制地實(shí)行其經(jīng)濟(jì)政策。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. They are showing a marked disinclination to pursue these opportunities.