seek

Compared meaning: to try to find something (verb).

比较义项：寻找、试图找到（动词）。

• seek 本词

  More formal and abstract; takes a direct object like advice, help, or employment, without implying a physical search in a place.

  更正式、更抽象，直接接建议、帮助、工作等抽象名词作宾语，不暗示在某个地方进行实际翻找。

  Many students seek advice from their teachers before exams.

  许多学生在考试前向老师寻求建议。

• search

  Implies careful, active looking within a specific place, often followed by 'for' or a location; more concrete and physical than seek.

  强调在某个具体地点仔细、主动地翻找，常与 for 或地点搭配，比 seek 更具体、更强调实际动作。

  She searched every drawer in the kitchen for her missing passport.

  她把厨房里的每个抽屉都翻遍了，想找到丢失的护照。

Seek and search both mean to try to find something. Seek is more formal and abstract, usually followed by a word like advice, help, or a job, without suggesting any physical searching. Search is more concrete and everyday, meaning to look carefully in a place.

这两个词都表示试图找到某样东西，但语气和使用场景不同：seek 更正式、抽象，常与建议、帮助、机会等抽象名词搭配，不强调具体的翻找动作；search 更具体、日常，强调在某个地点或范围内仔细翻找。此处不比较 search 作名词表示“搜索、搜查”这一用法（如网络搜索）。