find
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you find someone or something, you see them or learn where they are. 发现; 找到
The police also found a pistol. 警察还发现了一把手枪。
They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby. 他们已花了很长时间察看地图,却怎么也找不到一个叫“达罗比”的地方。
2. V-T If you find something that you need or want, you succeed in achieving or obtaining it. 得到
Many people here cannot find work. 这里很多人找不到工作。
He has to apply for a permit and we have to find him a job. 他得申请一个许可证,而我们得给他找一份工作。
3. V-T If you find someone or something in a particular situation, they are in that situation when you see them or come into contact with them. 发现 (某人或某物处于某种状态)
They found her walking alone and depressed on the beach. 他们发现她独自一人、神情沮丧地走在海滩上。
She returned to her home to find her back door forced open. 她回到家中,发现后门被强行打开了。
4. V-T If you find yourself doing something, you are doing it without deciding or intending to do it. 意识到 (自己无意中的动作)
It's not the first time that you've found yourself in this situation. 这已经不是你第一次意识到自己处于这种情形了。
I found myself having more fun than I had had in years. 我发现自己多年来从未玩得这样开心过。
5. V-T If you find that something is the case, you become aware of it or realize that it is the case. 发觉
The two biologists found, to their surprise, that both groups of birds survived equally well. 这两位生物学家惊奇地发觉,两组鸟都同样很好地活了下来。
At my age I would find it hard to get another job. 在我这个年纪,我觉得很难再找到另一份工作。
6. V-T When a court or jury decides that a person on trial is guilty or innocent, you say that the person has been found guilty or not guilty. 判决
She was found guilty of manslaughter and put on probation for two years. 她被判过失杀人罪,缓刑两年。
7. V-T You can use find to express your reaction to someone or something. 觉得
I find most of the young men of my own age so boring. 我觉得大多数和我同龄的年轻人都很无趣。
I find it ludicrous that nothing has been done to protect passengers from fire. 我认为没有采取任何措施来保护乘客免受火患是荒唐的。
8. V-T If you find a feeling such as pleasure or comfort in a particular thing or activity, you experience the feeling mentioned as a result of this thing or activity. 体会到
How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature?
怎么会有人在猎杀这种美丽的动物中体会到快乐呢?
9. V-T If you find the time or money to do something, you succeed in making or obtaining enough time or money to do it. 找得出 (时间、金钱)
I was just finding more time to write music. 我刚好抽得出更多的时间来作曲。
10. V-T PASSIVE If something is found in a particular place or thing, it exists in that place. 发现 (某物的存在)
Two thousand of France's 4,200 species of flowering plants are found in the park. 法国的4200种开花植物中有2000种可以在这个公园里找到。
11. N-COUNT If you describe someone or something that has been discovered as a find, you mean that they are valuable, interesting, good, or useful. (有价值的) 发现
Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candleholders. 他另一个幸运的发现是一对烛台。
13. PHRASE If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go. 找到 (去某地的路)
He was an expert at finding his way, even in strange surroundings. 他是个找路的高手,即使在陌生的环境中也一样。
14. PHRASE If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance. (尤指偶然地) 来到
It is one of the very few Michelangelos that have found their way out of Italy. 它是流传到意大利境外的少数几幅米开朗基罗的作品之一。
15. to find fault with→see fault
16. to find one's feet→see foot
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find /faɪnd/ (finding,found,finds)
剑桥词典
- When the guard came to clip my train ticket , I couldn't find it.
- I couldn't find the station , so I asked someone if they could direct me.
- She moved to London in the hope of finding work as a model , but failed .
- I found these photos while I was cleaning out my cupboards .
- They couldn't find what they wanted and decided to look elsewhere .
find verb (DISCOVER)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to discover , especially where a thing or person is, either unexpectedly or by searching , or to discover where to get or how to achieve something
(偶然)发现,碰上;找到,寻得;找出,查明
I've just found a ten-pound note in my pocket . 我刚在口袋里找到了一张10英镑的钞票。
I couldn't find Andrew's phone number . 我找不到安德鲁的电话号码。
You'll find the knives and forks in the left-hand drawer . 你会发现刀叉在左手边的抽屉里。
Researchers are hoping to find a cure for the disease . 研究者们希望能找到治愈这种疾病的方法。
[ 后面接一个直接宾语和一个间接宾语的动词 ] Has he found himself a place to live yet ? 他找到地方住了吗?
[ + obj + adj ] She was found unconscious and bleeding . 人们发现她时,她已不省人事而且血流不止。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not. 这一研究发现已婚男人的寿命要比未婚男人长。
Do you think they'll ever find a way of bringing peace to the region ? 你认为他们能找到办法给这个地区带来和平吗?
We're really struggling to find (= get) enough money to pay the rent . 我们眼下正想尽办法凑钱缴房租。
After years of abuse from her husband , she eventually found the courage to leave him. 在遭受丈夫多年的虐待之后,她终于鼓起勇气离开了他。
I wish I could find (the) time to do more reading . 我希望自己能挤出时间多看一点书。
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to realize that something exists or has happened
发现(存在或已发生)
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] We came home to find (that) the cat had had kittens . 我们回到家时发现猫已经产崽了。
I found (that) I could easily swim a mile . 我发现自己轻轻松松就能游1英里。
be found
to exist or be present somewhere
存在于;见于
Many plant and animal species are found only in the rainforests . 许多动植物种类只在热带雨林中才有。
Vitamin C is found in citrus fruit . 柑橘类水果富含维生素C。
find your way
to get somewhere you are trying to reach
设法到达(某处)
I had a map but I still couldn't find my way back to the hotel . 我有一张地图,可还是找不到回酒店的路。
find fault with
to criticize someone or something
找…的岔子,挑剔;批评
She's always finding fault with the way he works . 她总是挑剔他的工作方式。
find yourself
to realize that you are in a particular situation or place , or doing a particular thing, when you did not intend to
(不知不觉地)发现自己处于…中(或在…处,做…事)
He'll find himself with no friends at all if he carries on behaving this way. 如果他继续这样行事,他会发现自己一个朋友都没有了。
We fell asleep on the train and woke up to find ourselves in Calais. 我们在火车上睡着了,醒来时发现已经到了加来。
often humorous
If you go somewhere or do something to find yourself, you go there or do it to discover your true character .
发现真正的自我
Simon spent a year in an ashram in India to find himself. 为了寻找真正的自我,西蒙在印度的一处静修所呆了整整一年。
例句
find verb (EXPERIENCE A FEELING)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to think or feel a particular way about someone or something
认为;发觉;感到
[ + obj + noun/adj ] Do you find John difficult to talk to? 你是否发觉和克莱夫讲话有些困难?
I don't find him an easy person to get on with. 我觉得他这个人不好相处。
She doesn't find it easy to talk about her problems . 她感到很难开口谈论自己的问题。
[ 动词后面接一个动词ing结构 ] I find living in the city very stressful . 我感到城市生活压力很大。
find verb (JUDGE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to make a judgment in a law court
作出(裁决)
[ + obj + adj ] In a unanimous verdict , the jury found him guilty /not guilty of the murder . 陪审团一致裁定对他的谋杀指控罪名成立/不成立。
习语
find your feetfind it in your heart to do sth
find your voice
短语动词
find (sth) outfind sb out 返回 find