pursuance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest. countable,uncountable
    — [N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
  2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution. countable,uncountable
    — For some time Pridger had been waiting and watching for the occasion when his employer should be the last man to leave. In pursuance of this scheme it was his custom to announce that he was going and then secrete himself.
  3. The state of being pursuant; consequence. countable,uncountable

词形变化

pursuances plural

词源

Etymology tree
English pursue
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English pursuance
From pursue + -ance.
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