In law and official writing, pursuant means done according to a particular law, rule, or contract. The set phrase is pursuant to: pursuant to the agreement, pursuant to Article 12, pursuant to the court order.

In law and official writing在法律和公文用語裡，pursuant means意思是 done according to是照著 a particular law, rule, or contract某項法律、規則或合約去做。The set phrase固定用法 is就是 pursuant to：pursuant to the agreement依照協議、pursuant to Article 12依照第12條、pursuant to the court order依照法院命令。

You will see it on forms, in contracts, in government papers. Nobody says it at dinner. It can sit before a noun in a few stiff phrases (action pursuant to the rules), and it can work like an adverb in the same official voice: they acted pursuant to the order.

You你 will see it會在 on forms, in contracts, in government papers表格、合約、政府文件上看到它。Nobody沒有人 says it會在 at dinner晚餐桌上這樣講。It它 can sit before a noun可以放在名詞前面 in a few stiff phrases用在少數生硬的詞組裡（action pursuant to the rules依照規則的行動），and it can work而且它也可以像副詞一樣運作 like an adverb in the same official voice用同樣的公文語氣：they acted他們的行動 pursuant to the order是依照命令做的。

Though actually, because it looks so much like pursue, students often hear 'following someone'. That is the wrong picture here. This pursuant is 'following the rule', not chasing a person. The chasing words are pursuer and pursuit.

Though actually不過其實，because it looks so much like因為它長得很像 pursue追逐，students often hear學生常常會理解成 'following someone'「跟蹤某人」。That那 is the wrong picture here在這裡是錯的畫面。This pursuant這裡的pursuant is指的是 'following the rule'「依照規則」，not chasing a person而不是追人。The chasing words真正跟「追」有關的字 are pursuer and pursuit是pursuer（追逐者）和pursuit（追逐）。