seek

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

They have had to seek work as labourers. 他們衹好找躰力活來做。

Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily. 到意大利大使館尋求避難的四個人已經自願離開了。

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

The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty. 原告已警告說他們會努力爭取死刑。

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

Always seek professional legal advice before entering into any agreement. 在簽訂任何協議之前，一定要征求法律專家的意見。

On important issues, they seek a second opinion. 在重要問題上，他們都征求別人的意見。

4. V-T If you seek to do something, you try to do it. 力圖; 設法[正式]

He also denied that he would seek to annex the country. 他還否認了他企圖竝吞該國。