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Seek Verb Seeking 英[Si:K 美[Sik Vt.寻找,探寻;追求,谋求;往或朝…而去;[废语]考察;Vi.查找,查寻;找一找 寻找;物色 Job

单词 seek
音标
英[si:k] 美[sik]
解释
vt.寻找,探寻;追求,谋求;往或朝…而去;[废语]考察;vi.查找,查寻;找一找;
例句

VERB
寻找;物色
If you seek something such as a job or a place to live, you try to find one.
例:They have had to seek work as labourers...他们只好找体力活儿干。
例:Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily...4 名在意大利大使馆寻求避难的人已经自愿离开了。

VERB
谋求;谋取;寻求
When someone seeks something, they try to obtain it.
例:The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty...检控方律师已警告说他们会努力争取判处死刑。
例:Haemophiliacs are seeking compensation for being given contaminated blood.血友病患者们因为被输入了受到污染的血液而正在寻求赔偿。

VERB
请求(帮助);征求(意见)
If you seek someone's help or advice, you contact them in order to ask for it.
例:Always seek professional legal advice before entering into any agreement...在签订任何协定之前一定要先征求法律专业人士的意见。
例:On important issues, they seek a second opinion...在重要问题上,他们会征求别人的看法。

VERB
力图;想方设法
If you seek to do something, you try to do it.
例:He also denied that he would seek to annex the country...他还否认会试图吞并该国。
例:Moscow is seeking to slow the growth of Russian inflation.俄罗斯政府正力图遏制本国的通货膨胀。
变形
third:seeks~done:sought~ing:seeking~past:sought~

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