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

• We compared the human mind to a computer which actively seeks information to process, encodes it and stores it for future use.
  我们将人脑比作一台计算机，它主动寻找需要处理的信息，对其进行加密，并存储起来以便将来使用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shell is committed to sustainable development and seeks to balance economic performance with environmental and societal considerations.
  壳牌致力于可持续发展，努力实现经济效益与环境和社会之间的平衡发展。
• She is a woman of quiet strength and endlessly seeks knowledge and truth.
  她要有平静的力量和无休止地寻求知识和真理。
• He never seeks any personal privileges.
  他从不搞特殊化。
• Mongolia seeks to expand its participation and integration into Asian regional economic and trade regimes.
  蒙古寻求更多的参与机会和融入亚洲区域经济和贸易领域。
• 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。
• Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience and seeks his release.
  国际特赦组织认为他是一名良心犯，并寻求使他获释。