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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It just so happened that the bank was seeking a typist.
  恰巧这家银行需要一个打字员。
• 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。
• This man is fond of seeking privileges.
  这个人喜欢搞特权。
• 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。
• He cares for nothing but seeking fame and wealth.
  他是个极功利的人。
• The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent
  寻求避难的家庭户增加了17%。