seeking

英 [ˈsiːkɪŋ]

美 [ˈsiːkɪŋ]

v.  寻找; 寻求; 谋求; 争取; (向人)请求
seek的现在分词

现在分词：seeking　复数：seekings　

计算机

BNC.20256 / COCA.22323

柯林斯词典

• VERB 寻找;物色
  If youseeksomething such as a job or a place to live, you try to find one.
  1. They have had to seek work as labourers...
     他们只好找体力活儿干。
  2. 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。
  3. Candidates are urgently sought for the post of Conservative party chairman.
     保守党主席的职位急寻候选人。
• VERB 谋求;谋取;寻求
  When someoneseekssomething, they try to obtain it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 youseeksomeone's help or advice, you contact them in order to ask for it.
  1. 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。
  2. On important issues, they seek a second opinion...
     在重要问题上，他们会征求别人的看法。
  3. The couple have sought help from marriage guidance counsellors.
     这对夫妇已经向婚姻指导顾问寻求帮助。
• VERB 力图;想方设法
  If youseek todo something, you try to do it.
  1. He also denied that he would seek to annex the country...
     他还否认会试图吞并该国。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an attempt to acquire or gain something
• the act of searching for something
  1. a quest for diamonds
  Synonym:quest

双语例句

• Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities.
  越来越多的公司客户寻求将设施的管理外包出去。
• Both the Russians and the Americans are seeking peace.
  俄国人和美国人都在谋求和平。
• Anyone seeking to paint 18th-century rooms needs to be familiar with the way colour was disposed within a room.
  任何人想要对18世纪的房间进行粉刷，都需要熟悉房间内色彩的布局。
• The next government will play an energetic role in seeking multilateral nuclear disarmament.
  下届政府将积极寻求多边核裁军。
• There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
  找工作有一个经验累积的过程。
• You shouldn't cast aside old friends while seeking new ones.
  你交朋友，可不能喜新厌旧啊！
• They are seeking to build a faithful recreation of the original Elizabethan theatre.
  他们正在试图如实再现伊丽莎白时期剧院的原貌。
• It just so happened that the bank was seeking a typist.
  恰巧这家银行需要一个打字员。
• With almost evangelical fervour, Marks warns against deliberately seeking a tan
  几乎是凭着一股疯狂的热情，马克斯警告人们不要刻意追求晒成一身古铜色。
• The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent
  寻求避难的家庭户增加了17%。