(adj.) being searched for; 'the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum' .
(adj.) that is looked for; 'the long sought relatives' .
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He sought her presence more and more, and at last with a frequency that attested it had become to him an indispensable stimulus. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
When he did return, he sought out the child and took notice of her. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
To earn his bread he sought and found employment on a railway locomotive. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
She ever shunned high-roads, and sought byways and lonely lanes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
My eye sought Helen, and feared to find death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
In all other respects, however, he was so composedly himself, that Mr. Lorry determined to have the aid he sought. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
Formerly, when I was very young, we had mutually sought each other. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
He looked at the two, less and less attentively, and his eyes in gloomy abstraction sought the ground and looked about him in the old way. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
Ginevra being, I suppose, tired with dancing, sought me out in my retreat. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
It was at this time that he was sought out by Professor Moriarty, to whom for a time he was chief of the staff. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
But the methods by which it sought this reunion jar with our modern consciences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I felt apprehensive that I was personally interested in this dialogue, and sought Mr. Murdstone's eye as it lighted on mine. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
I gave Lucy in charge to the Countess's attendant, and then sought repose from my various struggles and impatient regrets. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The long-sought-for problem of photographing in colours has in a measure been solved. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In this _Outline_ we have sought to show two great systems of development interacting in the story of human society. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The alchemists sought to discover processes whereby one metal might be transmuted into another. 李贝.西洋科学史.
He emigrated to America, Sir, in consequence of being too much sought after here, to be comfortable; and has never been heard of since. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
He generally sought Caroline in every party where she and he happened to be. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
It was terrible to think of again encountering those bearded, sneering simpletons; yet the ground must be retraced, and the steps sought out. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
The duke being of gentlemanly manners, to give everybody their due, sought to appease matters a little. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
I meant I could not bear to fail thee now on this night and so I sought to excuse myself. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
And what opiate for his severe sufferings--what object for his strong passions--had he sought there? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
I should never have sought you out, madam, to say what I am going to say, but since you have sought me out and are here, I will throw it off my mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Her eyes sought the faces about her, craving a responsive glance, some sign of an intuition of her trouble. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
The girl, standing pale and rigid against the farther wall, sought with ever-increasing terror for some loophole of escape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.