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seeking

英 [ˈsiːkɪŋ] 美 [ˈsiːkɪŋ]
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seeking
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

BNC.20256 / COCA.22323

  1. VERB 寻找;物色
    If you seek something 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。
  2. VERB 谋求;谋取;寻求
    When someone seeks something, 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。
  3. 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.
    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。
  4. VERB 力图;想方设法
    If you seek to do 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

  1. an attempt to acquire or gain something

    1. the act of searching for something
      1. a quest for diamonds

      Synonym:    quest

    1. Both nations are seeking closer links with the West
      两国都在寻求与西方国家建立更为紧密的联系。
    2. The farmers have been seeking higher prices as better protection from foreign competition
      农场主们一直在寻找更高的价格，以更好地保护自己不受国外竞争对手的影响。
    3. 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。
    4. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
      一场支持女性在家分娩的运动一直在进行。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. 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。
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
      找工作有一个经验累积的过程。
    11. 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。
    12. 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。
    13. The organization denies that it is seeking any readjustment of state borders.
      该组织否认其正在寻求对国界进行调整。
    14. Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy
      在对难民到使馆寻求庇护一事产生严重分歧后，西班牙召回了其大使。
    15. 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。
    16. 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。
    17. 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。
    18. The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent
      寻求避难的家庭户增加了17%。
    19. 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。
    20. She is seeking a substitute for the very man whose departure made her cry.
      那个男人的离去令她伤心痛哭，她正想找一个人填补内心的空缺。
    21. Jones 'lawyers are seeking an unreserved apology from the newspaper.
      琼斯的律师要求报纸坦诚道歉。
    22. This man is fond of seeking privileges.
      这个人喜欢搞特权。
    23. The union is seeking compensation for two factory workers who were dismissed last week.
      工会正在为上星期被解雇的两名工人争取补偿金。
    24. You shouldn't cast aside old friends while seeking new ones.
      你交朋友，可不能喜新厌旧啊！
    25. He cares for nothing but seeking fame and wealth.
      他是个极功利的人。
    26. As the storm approached, the birds were seeking shelter.
      暴风雨要来了，鸟儿纷纷躲藏起来。
    27. The scientific investigation team devote themselves to seeking for traces of primitive man.
      科考队一直致力于找寻原始人类的遗踪。
    28. In formulating policies, we must not be seeking short-term successes and quick profits ( or we should take a long-range view of things).
      制定政策不能急功近利，要有长远的观点。
    29. It just so happened that the bank was seeking a typist.
      恰巧这家银行需要一个打字员。
    30. Both the Russians and the Americans are seeking peace.
      俄国人和美国人都在谋求和平。