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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

寻求 [xúnqiú]
  1. 1. verb seek
    寻求法律帮助
    seek legal assistance

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

寻求 [xúnqiú]
  1. 1. seek; explore; go in quest of
    寻求打开僵局的途径
    explore possible paths for ending the stalemate
    通过改革寻求出路
    seek (or find) a way out through reform

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

寻求 [xúnqiú]
  1. 1. 寻找探求
    寻求答案。
    寻求解决问题的办法。

Examples

如饥似渴地寻求真理
seek truth with great eagerness
四出寻求资助
go around seeking financial support
她最爱寻根究底,寻求事物隐蔽的、内在的缘由。
She liked to get to the root of a matter and find out its hidden and internal causes.
通过改革寻求出路
seek (or find) a way out through reform
寻求稀有植物的种源
look for the origin of rare plants
面对困难,她非特毫不退缩,还积极寻求解决办法。
Instead of flinching from the difficulties, she strived to find solutions.
当我们的利益受到侵害的时候,要懂得寻求司法援助。
When our rights are obstructed, we should know to seek for judicial help.
爸爸到处为得了绝症的女儿寻求仙方。
Her father goes everywhere to find magic recipes to treat her incurable disease.
有些政治犯为躲避本国的法律制裁,到别国寻求政治避难。
Some political criminals went to other countries as political refuges to escape from their own countries' legal punishments.

Collocations

寻求帮助
to look for help
寻求真理
to look for the truth
不断寻求
to continuously look for
积极寻求
to actively look for

Word Decomposition


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