seeks

英 [siːks]

美 [siːks]

v.  寻找; 寻求; 谋求; 争取; (向人)请求
seek的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• 44-year-old woman seeks caring, honest male of similar age for friendship and fun. Genuine replies only
  44岁女士寻觅年龄相仿、体贴诚实的男士为友，共享快乐。非诚勿扰。
• We support anyone who promotes peace and oppose anyone who seeks war or hegemony.
  谁搞和平，我们就拥护；谁搞战争和霸权，我们就反对。
• A person of faith seeks spiritual strength and fellowship in the association of progressive spiritual practitioners.
  一个有信心的人在灵修者的联谊中寻求灵性力量和友谊。
• He never seeks any personal privileges.
  他从不搞特殊化。
• This is because science seeks not to defend our beliefs but to improve them.
  这是因为科学所追求的不是保护人们的信念，而是去改进它们。
• The Compact seeks to engage companies in support of UN goals through learning, dialogue and projects.
  《契约》力图让公司通过学习、对话和项目支持联合国的目标。
• This is because China is pursuing an intelligent policy that seeks to accumulate power while avoiding confrontation with America.
  这是因为，中国奉行的是一种明智的政策，它试图在积累力量的同时避免与美国展开对抗。
• Living within this disorder man seeks freedom in ideologies, in theories, in what he calls God.
  人类生活在这混乱中，试图从意识形态、理论和他所谓的神中寻找自由。
• When Teddy's patient seeks to end treatment and her life, she turns to Hunt for help.
  当泰迪的病人寻求治疗和结束她的生命，她转向亨特帮助。
• He never seeks credit for himself, but is always ready to take on arduous tasks.
  他在荣誉面前从不伸手，但在艰巨任务面前却当仁不让。