seek

seek
(past and past participle sought )
  1. [withobj.]attempt to find (something)
    寻找
    they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds.
    他们来这里避一避冬天的刺骨寒风。
    ■attempt or desire to obtain or achieve (something)
    寻求；追求
    the new regime sought his extradition.
    新政府想要引渡他。
    [no obj., with infinitive]her parents had never sought to interfere with her freedom.
    她的父母从来没想干涉她的自由。
    ■ask for (something) from someone
    寻求，请求
    he sought help from the police.
    他找警察求助。
    ■(seek someone/thing out)search for and find someone or something
    找到；找出
    it's his job to seek out new customers.
    他的工作就是要招徕新顾客。
    ■(archaic)go to (a place)
    (古)去，前往（某地）
    I sought my bedroom each night to brood over it.
    我每晚都回到寝室思考这事。
常用词组
seek dead
  1. (Brit.)used to instruct a retriever to go and look for game that has been shot
    (英)去找（叫猎狗去找回打死猎物的指令）
seek one's fortune
  1. travel somewhere in the hope of achieving wealth and success
    外出寻找发迹的机会
to seek
  1. (archaic)lacking; not yet found
    (古)缺少；还没有
    the end she knew, the means were to seek.
    她目标明确，但实现这一目标的手段还没有找到。
far to seek
  1. out of reach; a long way off
    达不到；差得远
派生
seeker
noun
  1. [often in combination]
    a pleasure-seeker.
    寻欢作乐者。
    a job-seeker.
    求职者。
语源
  1. Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire 'perceive by scent'
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