英英释义：seek to attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period
例句：After celebrating the Chinese New Year, people have returned to work and started to pursue new goals.
它可以组成很多地道的搭配，比如 pursue a goal/aim/objective, pursue a dream, pursue love/truth/success/growth 等。
eg.
Many ambitious young people give up cushy jobs in their hometowns and relocate to big cities to pursue their dreams.
cushy 安逸的
pursue sth
in pursuit of sth
作业：
1）翻译下面的句子：
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 at the cost of other people.
（参考翻译：People should not pursue their own happiness at the expense of others.）
附录：....与at the cost of相比，at the expense of后面更多见的是正面的事物。
造句：
海蒂拉玛是个令人印象深刻的人，无论是作为具有惊人美貌的女工程师，还是作为一个具有工程知识背景的有才华的好莱坞影星。然而，在这些她的成就背后，正是她独立的人格才使得她能够以追求自己在理工科的兴趣来挑战她那个时代对于女性的偏见。
Hedy Lamarr was impressive either as a dazzlingly beautiful female engineer or as a talented Hollywood star with engineering expertise. However, behind all of her achievements she had made, it was her independent personality that allow her to challenge the leading-lady stereotype in her time by pursuing an interest in mathematics and engineering.
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