动 ask，beg，strive for，seek；名 demand，a surname ；

[例句] 我想离婚，以求解脱。 I wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away.

[例句] 他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。 There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought.

ask，request，demand，beg，ask for；

[例句] 他们请求香港允许他们在那里入港停留。 They had asked Hong Kong for permission to put into port there.

[例句] 丹尼斯先生说他已经请求使用电话。 Mr Dennis said he had requested access to a telephone.

动 ask，demand，require；名 claim，demand，requirement ；

[例句] 卡琳设法达到了其职业的要求。 Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career.

[例句] 他强烈要求保留北大西洋公约组织以维护和平。 He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.

requirement，demand，need；

[例句] 一家工厂产生的需求使得必须再建造一家工厂。 The demand generated by one factory required the construction of another.

[例句] 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。 The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.

seek，pursue，search after [for]，hunting，hunt after ；

[例句] 把物理学界定为一门探求简单规律的学问 the characterization of physics as the study of simplicity

[例句] 他的毕生事业可以说就是探求真理. His life's work can be reduced to a search for truth.

seek，aspire，woo，court，aspire after ；

[例句] 经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。 After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.

[例句] 不管怎么说，追求的过程总比得手更为刺激。 The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.

entreat，implore，beseech，beg piteously，suppliance ；

[例句] 她哀求他戒掉烟酒。 She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking.

[例句] 迈克尔哀求地看着他，眼里噙着泪水。 Michael looked at him imploringly, eyes brimming with tears.

implore，appeal pathetically，entreat，beseech，crave ；

[例句] 我默默地向葆拉投去恳求的目光。 I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.

[例句] 她恳求道：“别那么说。” "Do not say that," she pleaded.

seek，explore，go in quest of，pursue，look after ；

[例句] 他们中的4个人去寻求帮助了。 Four of them had gone off to find help.

[例句] 越来越多的公司客户寻求将设施的管理外包出去。 Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities.

beg，plead，implore，mooch ；

[例句] “求求你留下来给我读点东西吧，妈妈，”他央求道。 "Please stay and read to me, mummy," he beseeched.

[例句] 她用的是央求的语气。 Her voice was pleading.

courtship ；

[例句] 雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己，并发出一些声响。 Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.

[例句] 鸟类和兽类常在春天求偶. Birds and wild animals often pair in the spring.

solicit，seek，ask for，want ；

[例句] 我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议，神父。 I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.

[例句] 国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。 Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.

turn to sb. for help，seek help，appeal，fall back on，have recourse to ；

[例句] 他们求助于该市最具创新风格的一家博物馆。 For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums.

[例句] 若遗失机票，请拨打STA的免费求助热线。 Should you lose your ticket call collect on STA's helpline.

ask for help，seek help，request reinforcements，recourse ；

[例句] 他们向他求援。 They begged him for help.

[例句] 在客货车里睡一晚还是走上十英里求援,当时实在是进退两难. It was a tossup between spending the night in the van and walking ten miles for help.

earnestly hope，pray for，impetrate，imprecate，imprecation ；

[例句] 我跪了下来，祈求得到指引。 I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.

[例句] 我在心里祈求他们赶快露面。 I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.

insist on，impose，importune，importunity，kvetch ；

[例句] 这个成语的寓意和汉语削足适履一样是强求一致/不合理的要求按照同一标准办事。 This phrasal implied meaning in accordance with the Chinese language procrustean method similar is demand/ the not reasonable request handles affairs according to same standard.

[例句] 在今天强求教师如此照办,是既脱离实际的,而又不公道的. To ask this of teachers today is both idealistic and unfair.

seek，strive for，be in question of，buck for，try for ；

[例句] 培养年轻球员应该是所有俱乐部谋求发展之道。 Young players have got to be the way forward for every club.

[例句] 他把州长职位看成是谋求总统职位的进身之阶. He looked on the governorship as a stepping - stone to the presidency.

seek，fossick，search for ；

[例句] 他耐心地侦察了好多个星期, 使出浑身解数去搜求事实. Patiently he worked for weeks, using every trick in his bag to get at the facts.

[例句] 我不是暗示有一些东西能玷污对物质奖励搜求. I'm not suggesting that there is anything tainted about seeking material rewards.

plead，appeal to another's mercy，intercede，ask for a favour ；

[例句] 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。 They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.

[例句] 通过他的求情, 我的要求如愿以偿. Through the intercession of him, my request was granted.

pay court to，woo，court，courtship，sweetheart ；

[例句] 这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。 The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.

[例句] 她从没想到他会在那里向她求爱. She never expected him to make love to her there.