seek
verb · nounA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To try to find; to look for; to search for.
I seek wisdom.
Đồng nghĩa: look for, search for
- 2.
(transitive)To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
I seek forgiveness through repentance.
- 3.
(transitive)To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.
- 4.
(intransitive, obsolete)To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
- 5.
(transitive)To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.
- 6.
(intransitive, proscribed, sometimes)(intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.
- 7.
(intransitive)(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.
Đồng nghĩa: scrub
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (to seek), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (to seek out), from *seh₂g- (to follow, trace).