sought
基本释义
- v.
- 寻找，探寻( seek的过去式和过去分词 ); 企图; 试图; 探索
实用例句
Elle produit des biens et des services marchands.
它生产商品或提供商业性的服务.
期刊摘选
We sought long and hard but found no answer.
我们作了长期的艰苦探索,但没有找到答案.
《简明英汉词典》
They sought to set perpetual Zions there.
他们企图在那里建立永恒的乐园.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He sought opportunities of doing her little service.
他寻找机会为她尽一点力.
《简明英汉词典》
The dictator sought to aggrandise himself by new conquests.
这个独裁者企图通过新的征服来扩大自己的权势.
《简明英汉词典》
The committee jobbed him when he sought a second term in office.
当他想继续连任时委员会开除了他.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意.
《简明英汉词典》
The risin and tannin that can be extracted from it are sought by the chemical industry.
从中提取的松香和鞣酸是化学工业上很需要的.
《简明英汉词典》
They sought to kill him.
他们企图杀他.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He sought out his friend in the crowd.
他在人群中找到他的朋友.
《简明英汉词典》
He sought vainly for the answer.
他搜索枯肠,但找不到答案.
《简明英汉词典》
The tourists sought out a shady spot where they sat down and rested.
游客找到一块阴凉的地方坐下休息.
《简明英汉词典》
Albeit fair, the girl was not sought after.
那姑娘虽然漂亮, 但不是被爱慕的女子.
《简明英汉词典》
He sought shelter from the rain.
他找避雨的地方.
《简明英汉词典》
Many people sought his acquaintance.
许多人竭力想结识他.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The answer to the problem must be sought elsewhere.
这个问题的答案必须在别处寻找。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He sought solace in the whisky bottle.
他借酒浇愁。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Ellen spent the day in the hills and sought me out when she returned.
埃伦在山里呆了一整天，并于回来后找到了我。
柯林斯例句
Some feminists sought reforms within the existing social order.
一些女权主义者寻求在现存的社会制度内进行改革。
柯林斯例句
Mr King sought to address those fears when he spoke at the meeting.
金先生在会上讲话时试图消除那些恐惧。
柯林斯例句
Mr Smith hurriedly sought to retract the statement, but it had just been broadcast on national radio.
史密斯先生想赶快收回这项声明，但它刚刚已经在国家电台播出了。
柯林斯例句
This site remained undiscovered, though long sought, until recent times.
虽经长期寻找，但该遗址直到最近才被发现。
柯林斯例句
Candidates are urgently sought for the post of Conservative party chairman.
保守党主席的职位急寻候选人。
柯林斯例句
His work is much sought after by collectors.
他的作品在收藏家们那里很抢手。
柯林斯例句
The union had sought a wage increase and a shorter work week.
工会寻求增加工资，缩短每周工作时间。
柯林斯例句
He sought to extract the maximum political advantage from the cut in interest rates.
他试图从降息中牟取最大的政治好处。
柯林斯例句
He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
他引用《我的奋斗》中的语录来论证自己的观点。
柯林斯例句
I sought legal advice on this.
我就此进行了法律咨询。
柯林斯例句
For two decades she has sought complete control over her film career.
她20年来一直力图完全主宰自己的电影事业。
柯林斯例句
He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle.
他找了一份放牛的差事，负责把牛赶到一起。
柯林斯例句
真题例句
They sought help from union representatives.
出自-2011年6月听力原文The more money a project sought, the lower the chance it reached its goal, the researchers found.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CIt has sought professors' opinions.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文In fact, other recent studies have found there has never been a time in American history when so small a proportion of young people have sought or accepted leadership roles in local civic organizations.
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BKeith Reid, a science manager at CCAMLR, said that the organisation sought "a balance between protection, conservation and sustainable fishing in the Southern Ocean".
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CThis period was one of inter-elite rivalry, in which nobles sought to increase their influence by funding the construction of churches and other buildings.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CThrough the 1970, a number of measures sought to improve matters.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CThus, by telling others that we are busy and working all the time, we are implicitly suggesting that we are sought after, which enhances our perceived status.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CTo find out if the special quality was more widespread in birds, the researchers sought the red-backed fairy wren, another species of Australian songbird.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文英英释义
1. that is looked for;
"the long sought relatives"
2. being searched for;
"the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"