quest
名词 n.
动词 v.
发音 kwĕst
英文释义
名词 n.
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A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
— the hero's quest
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A short test.
— I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule...
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A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.; A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.
— At the same time, players are not forced to complete quests in a certain order; they're allowed enough free will within the game to determine their goals and needs.
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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
— to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
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A request; a desire; a solicitation.
— Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
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A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
— The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
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An inquest; a jury of inquest.
— To 'cide this title is impanneled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, And by their verdict is determined The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]
动词 v.
- To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
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To search for something; to seek.
— Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
- To locate and attach to a host animal.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerō (“to ask, seek”).
词源 2
Blend of quiz + test, to avoid using the word test.
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