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

• As the storm approached, the birds were seeking shelter.
  暴风雨要来了，鸟儿纷纷躲藏起来。
• We are seeking continuous, incremental improvements, not great breakthroughs.
  我们在寻求持续的、渐进的改善，而不是重大的突破。
• Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking
  当过兵的人大概是雇主们寻找的宝贝了。
• You shouldn't cast aside old friends while seeking new ones.
  你交朋友，可不能喜新厌旧啊！
• He is seeking advice on how to revive the stagnant economy
  他正在就如何振兴低迷的经济征求意见。
• The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies
  到泰国寻求庇护的人日益增多，这开始引起了西方援助机构的不安。
• There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
  找工作有一个经验累积的过程。
• 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。
• He cares for nothing but seeking fame and wealth.
  他是个极功利的人。
• They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties
  他们正寻求取得对他提起刑事诉讼的许可令，以控告他违反了有关政党资助的法律。