pursue
【英英释义】
v. 1. if you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it. 执行，贯彻；实行 V n / Formal
2. if you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time. 追求，寻求 V n / Formal
3. if you pursue a particular topic, you try to find out more about it by asking questions. 追查，追问，追究 V n / Formal
4. if you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them. 追赶，追捕；追逐 V n / Formal
seek to attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period.
【词义深度解析】
pursue是动词，有多个意思，如“追逐（罪犯），从事（某一职业）”等，今天学习它作“追求”的意思。其有很多很地道的搭配，如：pursue a goal/aim/objective, pursue a dream, pursue love/truth/success/growth等。
pursue的名词形式为pursuit。美国电影《当幸福来敲门》（The pursuit of Happiness），美国《独立宣言》中的经典表达"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness。
【例句学习】
1. After celebrating the Chinese New Year, people have returned to work and started to pursue new goals.
2. Many ambitious young people give up cushy jobs in their hometowns and relocate to big cities to pursue / in pursuit of their dreams.
cushy /'kʊʃi/ adj. 轻松的，容易的 cushy job 轻松安逸的工作
3. The company, still owned by the family that founded it in 1909, does not pursue the relentless growth that other carmakers crave.
relentless /rɪˈlɛntlɪs/ adj. 毫不留情的；坚持不懈的
carve v. 渴望 want it very much
4. Some apps are more concerned about ensuring optimal user experience than pursuing relentless growth. 更关心用户体验而不是迅速增长
5. No firm embodies this strategy better than ExxonMobil, the giant that rivals admire and green activists love to hate. As our briefing explains, it plans to pump 25% more oil and gas in 2025 than in 2017. If the rest of the industry pursues even modest growth, the consequence for the climate could be disastrous.
没有哪家公司比埃克森美孚更能体现这一策略了。埃克森美孚是一个令竞争对手钦佩的巨头，而环保人士却对其深恶痛绝。正如我们的简报所解释的，它计划在2025年比2017年多开采25%的石油和天然气。如果该行业的其他企业追求哪怕是温和的增长，对气候造成的后果可能是灾难性的。
【词汇运用】
1.翻译：人们不应该以牺牲他人为代价来追求自己的幸福。
People should not pursue their own happiness by sacrifising others'. （自己）
People should not pursue their own happiness at the expense of others. （参考翻译）
分析：at the expense of 以……为代价，学到新的词组。
2.生活场景应用
We should pursue our dreams by good means.
用到了mean，开心。