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单词 pursuer
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Definition of pursuer in English:

pursuer

noun pəˈsjuːə
  • 1A person or thing that pursues another.

    追赶者;追捕者;追击者;追求者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But a confidential document produced as a witness statement by one of his pursuers reveals that Hunter also considered bids for Woolworths, Somerfield and WH Smith.
    • One rider famously scattered tacks into the path of his pursuers, while another took the low road, hitching a lift around one notorious mountain stage
    • Sometimes the chase is inconclusive: the fox outsmarts or outruns its pursuers and gets away.
    • Although he turned off into St Denys Road to elude his pursuer, he was hit from behind by a bottle and rugby-tackled to the ground.
    • The separation between Livingston's two chief pursuers was perhaps unjust, but it lasted only until the 56th minute as Williamson's charges let down their guard.
    • John ran the length of the pitch to touch down in the corner with his pursuers in his wake.
    • A manhunt started across central Italy but the murderer, riding a stolen motorcycle, succeeded in evading his pursuers until a week ago when he was spotted near Rome's main railway station.
    • A young cow went on the rampage after it escaped from a cattle trailer on the M60-and led pursuers through a housing estate, golf course and school.
    • Scott Dunlap was the closest pursuer at the start of Saturday's third round as Woods tried to become only the second man in history to win three Majors in one year.
    • The pursuit climax in the city's sewers is a little ordinary, but even then we have an extremely tense, claustrophobic sequence where Lime can hear his pursuers closing in through tunnels on all sides.
    • It got so that I was pushing people out of my way, stumbling up the narrow escalator, and finally out into the open, but still walking fast, not wanting to turn around and see whether my pursuer had given up the chase.
    • Finally, with help from his press handlers, the First Minister escaped, waving curtly to his pursuer as the doors closed.
    • ‘I was always the pursued never the pursuer, sweetie,’ Barrie says with a breezy flap of spiky false eyelashes.
    • This early medieval Jewish cult has appealed to many writers and pursuers of curiosities over the years.
    • But it's not a happy ending for her canine pursuer.
    • Clearly tiring, she crashed and visibly slowed, as her pursuers sensed that she may be caught.
    • He may or may not have eluded his pursuers physically, but he continues to surprise and discomfit them.
    • As November approaches, pursuers of salmon inevitably home in on those Scottish rivers with a reputation for providing a good back-end run.
    • MacDonald says that he threw his pursuers off his trail.
    • Preoccupied with the need to outpace their pursuers, his captors did not turn back to chase Scott - but the teenager's woes were far from over.
    1. 1.1Scots Law A person who brings a case against another into court; a plaintiff.
      〔苏格兰律〕原告,起诉人
      the court agreed with counsel for the pursuers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the contrary, it affirmed the principle that the onus of proving causation lies on the pursuer or plaintiff.
      • It would have been another matter altogether if the pursuer had actually paid some third party, or had entered into a contract to pay some third party for this domestic assistance.
      • The judge also agreed that press articles purporting to quote the pursuers' solicitor, Cameron Fyfe, gave rise to a risk of prejudice through ill founded or exaggerated claims.
      • That there are special circumstances in which a defender may be held responsible in law for injuries suffered by the pursuer through a third party's deliberate wrongdoing is not in doubt.
      • The risk of a double recovery by the pursuer is met, not through the court process, but at the later stage of the making of the compensation payment.

Rhymes

Amur, brewer, chewer, Dewar, doer, ewer, hewer, Kahlua, lassoer, Nuer, renewer, screwer, sewer, skewer, skua, spewer, strewer, suer, tattooer, viewer, who're, wooer

Definition of pursuer in US English:

pursuer

nounpərˈs(y)o͞oər
  • A person or thing that pursues another.

    追赶者;追捕者;追击者;追求者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As November approaches, pursuers of salmon inevitably home in on those Scottish rivers with a reputation for providing a good back-end run.
    • The pursuit climax in the city's sewers is a little ordinary, but even then we have an extremely tense, claustrophobic sequence where Lime can hear his pursuers closing in through tunnels on all sides.
    • Sometimes the chase is inconclusive: the fox outsmarts or outruns its pursuers and gets away.
    • ‘I was always the pursued never the pursuer, sweetie,’ Barrie says with a breezy flap of spiky false eyelashes.
    • It got so that I was pushing people out of my way, stumbling up the narrow escalator, and finally out into the open, but still walking fast, not wanting to turn around and see whether my pursuer had given up the chase.
    • MacDonald says that he threw his pursuers off his trail.
    • John ran the length of the pitch to touch down in the corner with his pursuers in his wake.
    • A young cow went on the rampage after it escaped from a cattle trailer on the M60-and led pursuers through a housing estate, golf course and school.
    • Although he turned off into St Denys Road to elude his pursuer, he was hit from behind by a bottle and rugby-tackled to the ground.
    • One rider famously scattered tacks into the path of his pursuers, while another took the low road, hitching a lift around one notorious mountain stage
    • Finally, with help from his press handlers, the First Minister escaped, waving curtly to his pursuer as the doors closed.
    • But it's not a happy ending for her canine pursuer.
    • But a confidential document produced as a witness statement by one of his pursuers reveals that Hunter also considered bids for Woolworths, Somerfield and WH Smith.
    • Clearly tiring, she crashed and visibly slowed, as her pursuers sensed that she may be caught.
    • He may or may not have eluded his pursuers physically, but he continues to surprise and discomfit them.
    • A manhunt started across central Italy but the murderer, riding a stolen motorcycle, succeeded in evading his pursuers until a week ago when he was spotted near Rome's main railway station.
    • The separation between Livingston's two chief pursuers was perhaps unjust, but it lasted only until the 56th minute as Williamson's charges let down their guard.
    • Preoccupied with the need to outpace their pursuers, his captors did not turn back to chase Scott - but the teenager's woes were far from over.
    • Scott Dunlap was the closest pursuer at the start of Saturday's third round as Woods tried to become only the second man in history to win three Majors in one year.
    • This early medieval Jewish cult has appealed to many writers and pursuers of curiosities over the years.
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