pursue

pursue         追求，追随 “追求女孩，不要怕输”

pursue 追求，追逐，探索

来自古法语poursuir,来自porsivre拼写变体，来自俗拉丁语*prosequare,来自prosequi,追求，追随，跟随，追逐，来自pur-,向前，-seq,跟随，词源同sequence,prosecute,execute.

pursue

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.

1. There is another avenue to pursue — it involves further negotiations.

还有一个办法可用，但需要进一步的磋商。

2. She had come to England to pursue an acting career.

她来英格兰投身演艺事业。

3. Students may pursue research in any aspect of computational linguistics.

学生可以就计算语言学的任何一个方面展开研究。

4. The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.

政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。

5. They are showing a marked disinclination to pursue these opportunities.

他们对争取这些机会明显表现出不乐意。

【pursue, trace, trail, track, hunt, chase, follow】
这组词都有“跟随、追踪”的意思，其区别是：
pursue: 指坚持不懈、毫不动摇地紧跟、追赶某人、某物或某个事业。
trace: 指根据线索或足迹进行跟踪。用于抽象意义时指找到某事物的根源。
trail: 一般指跟踪追击。
track: 指沿着人或动物留下的印迹或行迹追踪。
hunt: 原义为“追猎、猎取”，现用于指追捕或搜寻逃犯等。
chase: 指快速追赶或决心追踪，褒义贬义均可用。
follow: 普遍用词，含义最广，多指跟随起引导作用的人或物，跟随的动机可以是善意的，也可能是恶意的。