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- a long or arduous search for something（长久或辛勤的）寻求, 探求：
the quest for a reliable vaccine has intensified.
人们加强了对可靠疫苗的探求。
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- (in medieval romance) an expedition made by a knight to accomplish a prescribed task（中世纪传奇故事中骑士的）探险。
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1- search for something寻找; 寻求：
he was a real scientist, questing after truth.
他是个追求真理的真正的科学家。
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- with obj. poetic/literary search for; seek out〈诗/文〉搜寻; 寻求, 探求; 找出, 搜寻出。
派生词
quester
（亦作questor）nounquestingly
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French queste (noun)， quester (verb)， based on Latin quaerere 'ask， seek'. See also INQUEST.