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

• 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。
• 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。
• This man is fond of seeking privileges.
  这个人喜欢搞特权。
• 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。
• He cares for nothing but seeking fame and wealth.
  他是个极功利的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Both the Russians and the Americans are seeking peace.
  俄国人和美国人都在谋求和平。
• 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。
• The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent
  寻求避难的家庭户增加了17%。