1 to follow sb/sth in order to catch him/her/it 追捕;追逐:
The robber ran off pursued by two policemen.劫匪逃跑,两名警察在后追捕。☞ Pursue is more formal than chase. 与chase相比,pursue多用于正式场合。
2 to try to achieve sth or to continue to do sth over a period of time 继续;追寻;从事:
to pursue a career in banking从事银行业She didn't seem to want to pursue the discussion so I changed the subject.她似乎不想继续讨论,所以我换了话题。
pursue/pɚˋsu; pəˈsjuː/v [T] 1 to continue doing something, or to try to achieve something over a long period of time 继续做﹔追求: He hoped to pursue a career in film-making. 他希望从事电影制作行业。2 pursue the matter/question to continue trying to find out about a particular subject or persuade someone 追究某件事/深究某问题: Janet did not dare pursue the matter further. 珍妮特不敢再进一步追查此事。3 to chase someone or something in order to catch them 追赶﹐追捕: The stolen car was pursued by police for several miles. 那辆被盗的汽车被警察追了好几英里。 —pursuer n [C]
pursuepursuepursuespursuedpursuingverb (pursues, pursuing, pursued) (formal)to follow somebody or something because you want to catch themsame meaningchase: The police pursued the stolen car for several kilometres.