quest
noun [ C ] literary uk/kwest/ us/kwest/
C2 探索；寻求；追求
a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt to achieve something difficult
Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth. 没有什么可以阻止他们对真理的追求。
She went to India on a spiritual quest. 她去印度是出于对宗教的追求。
[ + to infinitive ] She does aerobics four times a week in her quest to achieve the perfect body. 为了练就完美身材，她一周做4次有氧健身操。
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- In his quest for physical perfection, he spends hours in the gym.
- The United States is in the van of the quest to establish contact with beings from the beyond.
- New equipment is being developed in a quest to stop drinking and driving.
- Scientists announced another breakthrough in their quest for a cure for prostate cancer.