quest

Word family

quest /kwest/ noun [countableC] 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。

Examples from the Corpus

in quest of something• Foreign powers had long penetrated the area in quest of wealth or influence, or to counter the lusts of their adversaries.• In this respect, Odysseus represents the male flight from domesticity and intimacy in quest of independence.• All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder.• We drove across the prairie in quest of a monster.

Examples from the Corpus

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; → QUESTION1

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