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seek sth
She is seeking a new job.
她正在寻找一份新工作。
寻求；寻找；追求
seeks — third person singular of seek
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
寻求；寻找；追求
try to get or reach
She is seeking a new job.
她正在寻找一份新工作。
试图找到；寻找；搜寻。
To try to find; to look for; to search for.
请求；恳求；乞求。
To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
试图获得；追求；旨在。
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
试图到达；前往；求助于。
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
seek
Base
原形
seeks
3rd person
第三人称单数
seeking
-ing
现在分词
sought
Past
过去式
sought
Past participle
过去分词
I seek knowledge.
我寻求知识。
They sought help.
他们寻求了帮助。
She has sought advice.
她已征求了意见。
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为sought
She is seeking a new job because her company is closing down.
她正在寻找新工作，因为她的公司快要倒闭了。
We sought shelter under a bridge when the storm suddenly began.
暴风雨突然来临时，我们在桥下寻找避身之处。
If you have a serious problem, you should seek help from someone you trust.
如果你有严重的问题，应该向信任的人寻求帮助。
She is seeking a new job.
她正在寻找一份新工作。
The company seeks to expand its market.
该公司寻求扩大市场。
注意：'seek for' 常用于口语，但正式写作中多直接用 'seek' 接宾语。
He sought for the lost keys everywhere.
他到处寻找丢失的钥匙。
Not this
She is seeking for a solution.
Use this
She is seeking a solution.
Seek是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词for。中文“寻找”可能误导学习者使用for，但英语中seek后不加介词。
Not this
He seeked help from the teacher.
Use this
He sought help from the teacher.
Seek的过去式是sought，不是规则变化加-ed。学习者容易按规则动词类推，需记忆不规则形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
寻求帮助
If you are in trouble, you should seek help from your teacher.
如果你遇到麻烦，你应该向老师寻求帮助。
征求意见
She decided to seek advice from a lawyer.
她决定向律师征求意见。
寻找避难所
During the storm, they sought shelter in a cave.
暴风雨期间，他们在山洞里寻找避难所。
寻求报复
He sought revenge for the insult.
他为那次侮辱寻求报复。
求职
After graduation, he began to seek employment in the city.
毕业后，他开始在城里求职。
寻找发财机会；外出闯荡
Many young people leave their hometown to seek their fortune in the big city.
许多年轻人离开家乡到大城市去闯荡。
寻求避难；躲避
The family sought refuge in a shelter after the earthquake.
地震后这家人到避难所寻求庇护。
爱出风头；引人注目
She is always seeking the limelight and loves being the center of attention.
她总是爱出风头，喜欢成为众人关注的焦点。
来自《星际迷航》系列，是星舰进取号的任务宣言的一部分，表达了探索未知世界的目标。
To seek out new life and new civilizations is the mission of the Starship Enterprise.
寻找新生命和新文明是进取号星舰的任务。
出自《圣经·马太福音》7:7，鼓励人们主动追求和探索。
The Bible tells us, 'Seek and you will find.'
《圣经》告诉我们：‘寻找，就寻见。’
Use seeks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象你寻找（seek）时，看到（see）目标就在前方，但还需努力去追求，对比发音相同但意义不同。
seek 通常用于正式或书面语境，表示‘寻找’或‘寻求’，常见于学术、职业或正式请求中。
often used with 'to' infinitive: seek to do
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