quest
英 [kwest]
美 [kwɛst]
- n. 追求；尋找
- vi. 追求；尋找
- vt. 探索
- n. (Quest)人名；(德)奎斯特
助記提示
【例】in quest of adventure尋求冒險活動
【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，因此不斷的拚命尋找、尋求最後的救命稻草。
2. 經過大街(st)時發現缺(que)了個東西，於是返回去尋找(quest).
中文詞源
quest 探索，疑問來自拉丁語quaere, 疑問， 詢問， 查問， 可能來自PIE*kwo, 疑問代詞詞幹， 詞源同 quality,quantity,who,how.-st,過去分詞後綴。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future.
- 我對新的未來的追求從未動搖過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. My quest for a better bank continues.
- 我繼續尋找一家更好的銀行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
- 韋特畢生都在進行精神探索。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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.
- 人類在探索真理過程中必然會遭受挫折.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》