seek: [OE] Seek has several Germanic relatives – German suchen, Swedish s?ka, Danish s?ge, etc – which point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *sōkjan. The base from which this was derived, *sōk-, went back to an Indo-European *sāg-, which also produced (via Latin) English presage [14] and sagacious [17]. If Old English sēcan had developed in the ordinary way, it would have become modern English seech, not seek. For various reasons it did not, but we can see how it would have been in its derivative beseech [12]. => beseech, presage, sagacious, sake
seek (v.)
Old English secan "inquire, search for; pursue; long for, wish for, desire; look for, expect from," influenced by Old Norse soekja, both from Proto-Germanic *sokjan (cognates: Old Saxon sokian, Old Frisian seka, Middle Dutch soekan, Old High German suohhan, German suchen, Gothic sokjan), from PIE *sag-yo-, from root *sag- "to track down, seek out" (cognates: Latin sagire "to perceive quickly or keenly," sagus "presaging, predicting," Old Irish saigim "seek"). The natural modern form of the Anglo-Saxon word as uninfluenced by Norse is in beseech. Related: Sought; seeking.
例文
1. His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists.
彼の本能的な反応は、ナショナリストとの新たな和解を求めることになるだろう。
2.Yet now he was here，in extremis，to seek an alliance.
しかし今、彼はここにいて、絶体絶命の中で同盟を求めている。
3.It is wise to seek help and counsel as soon as possible.
できるだけ早く助けとアドバイスを求めるのが賢明です。
4.Always seek professional legal advice before entering into any agreement.
いかなる協定を締結する前に、法律専門家の意見を求めなければならない。
5.The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty.