seek
单词辨析：
语义庄重，语气较强，使用广泛，指尽很大努力去寻找合适的人或某种东西，此类东西多为抽象事物。
Candidates are urgently sought for the post of trade union chairman.
工会主席的职位急寻候选人。
Many country girls drifted into cities to seek work.
许多农村姑娘流入城市找工作。
表示对某处像梳头一般进行彻底搜寻。
The police combed the whole town in their efforts to find the murderer.
警方搜遍全镇，力图找到凶手。
The old house was combed very carefully.
这所老房子被彻底搜查过了。
指非常仔细地寻找某人或某物，侧重于找的过程，通常后接介词 for。
Many kids were hunting for shells on the beach.
很多孩子在海滩上寻找贝壳。
The police are busy hunting for clues.
警方忙着寻找线索。
指搜查某一具体的人、地方、事物以找到某物或某人，含非常仔细之意。
Two soldiers with rifles searched him from head to foot.
两个拿枪的士兵把他从头到脚搜了个遍。
The policemen searched the house and found nothing.
警察搜查了房子，什么也没有找到。
She bent to search through a heap of letters.
她弯腰在一大堆信件中翻找。
相关例句：
Candidates are urgently sought for the post of Conservative party chairman.
保守党主席的职位急寻候选人。
He said he would seek to unify the Conservative Party and win the next general election
他说他将寻求团结保守党，赢得下届大选。
The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate
总统必须设法在这场政治辩论中重新获得优势。
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。
It is wise to seek help and counsel as soon as possible.
尽快寻求帮助和建议乃明智之举。
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。