quest
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quest /kwest/ ●○○ noun [countable] literary 1 LOOK FORa long search for something that is difficult to find 〔长期的〕寻求；探索；追求quest for his long quest for truth 他对真理的长期探索 the quest for human happiness 对人类幸福的追求 World leaders are now united in their quest for peace. 世界各国领导人现在一致寻求实现和平。2 in quest of something literary trying to find or get something 寻找某物 They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices. 他们远赴摩鹿加群岛寻找香料。
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quest• Both are on a quest that could change the way politics is done.• At their roots, both quests originated out of human inquisitiveness.• The content it attaches to physical reality makes the natural world autonomous; its quest is to determine what is.• a spiritual quest• From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.• She loves her life and is immersed in the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake.• However I was wrong: the quest for fusion is perhaps an example of these problems.quest for• Industries are still engaged in a quest for increased productivity.Origin quest (1300-1400) Old French queste, from Latin quaestus; → QUESTION1quest nounChinese
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quest /kwest/
noun [countable] literary1. a long search for something that is difficult to find
quest for
his long quest for truth
the quest for human happiness
World leaders are now united in their quest for peace.
2. in quest of something trying to find or get something:
They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices.
quest /kwest/
noun [countable] literary1. a long search for something that is difficult to findquest for
2. in quest of something trying to find or get something: