There were also differences in the most popular outdoor pursuits between the three countries.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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追求;寻求
Your pursuit of something is your attempts at achieving it. If you do something in pursuit of a particular result, you do it in order to achieve that result.
In cycling and skating, the pursuit is a race in which two competitors or teams start on opposite sides of a circular track and try to catch up with each other.