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.
中文解释
【例】in quest of adventure寻求冒险活动【助记】quest(谐音快死她)--- 一般死前都有寻求别人的原谅, 人之将死, 其言也善.1. 她快死了，但是很不甘心，还不想死，因此不断的拼命寻找、寻求最后的救命稻草。2. 经过大街(st)时发现缺(que)了个东西，于是返回去寻找(quest).
实用例句
1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future.
我对新的未来的追求从未动摇过。
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2. My quest for a better bank continues.
我继续寻找一家更好的银行。
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3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。
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4. The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty.
清教徒变成了追求自由的逃亡者。
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5. Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.