be looking to be relevant 是什么意思

特朗普夫人关于暴乱的讲话中有一段：

I am disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week. I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda.

请教高手，定于从句 who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda 该如何理解？

谢谢！

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最佳答案 2021-01-31 13:29

词典有look作为及物动词，后接to do 不定式作宾语，释义为want to do sth, 但这种用法用来解释本句显然是不通的。

look 作为系词，意义类似seem, 可以后接表语。如 He looked tired. = He seemed tired. seem 可以后接不定式，例如 He seemed to be tired. look作为系词，词典没有look to do的例句，但COCA语料库则有大量例句，look后不定式，look意为看上去，似乎的意思。用如seem。与seem不同之处还在于look 可用进行体，表示一种临时状态。

所以，网友的这个句子可以paraphrase如下：who seem to be relevant and have an agenda.

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be looking to be relevant 是什么意思

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