seek /siːk/ CET4 TEM4 ( seeking, sought, seeks )

• 1. 

  V-T If you seek something such as a job or a place to live, you try to find one. 寻找 [正式]

  例：

  They have had to seek work as labourers.

  他们只好找体力活来做。

  例：

  Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily.

  到意大利大使馆寻求避难的四个人已经自愿离开了。

• 2. 

  V-T When someone seeks something, they try to obtain it. 谋求 [正式]

  例：

  The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty.

  原告已警告说他们会努力争取死刑。

• 3. 

  V-T If you seek someone's help or advice, you contact them in order to ask for it. 请求; 征求 [正式]

  例：

  Always seek professional legal advice before entering into any agreement.

  在签订任何协议之前，一定要征求法律专家的意见。

  例：

  On important issues, they seek a second opinion.

  在重要问题上，他们都征求别人的意见。

• 4. 

  V-T If you seek to do something, you try to do it. 力图; 设法 [正式]

  例：

  He also denied that he would seek to annex the country.

  他还否认了他企图并吞该国。