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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

find

英  [faɪnd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • finds

    1. [C 可数名词] （有价值的）发现

    If you describe someone or something that has been discovered as a find, you mean that they are valuable, interesting, good, or useful.

    双语例句

    例：

    Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candleholders.

    他另一个幸运的发现是一对烛台。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • find out

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 弄清

    If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.

    近义词

    discover

    双语例句

    例：

    It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what's going to happen.

    这使你想看下一集，以弄清接下来要发生什么。

    例：

    I was relieved to find out that my problems were due to a genuine disorder.

    得知我的问题的确是身体失调引起的，我就放心了。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 识破

    If you find someone out, you discover that they have been doing something dishonest.

    双语例句

    例：

    Her face was so grave, I wondered for a moment if she'd found me out.

    她表情非常严肃，我一时怀疑她是不是已经识破了我。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • find one's way

    1. 找到（去某地的路）

    If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was an expert at finding his way, even in strange surroundings.

    他是个认路的高手，即使在陌生的环境中也一样。

  • finds its way , finds their way

    1. （尤指偶然地）来到

    If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.

    双语例句

    例：

    It is one of the very few Michelangelos that have found their way out of Italy.

    这是少数几幅流传到意大利境外的米开朗基罗的作品之一。

    VERB. 动词

  • finds , finding , found

    1. [T 及物动词] 发现 , 找到

    If you find someone or something, you see them or learn where they are.

    双语例句

    例：

    The police also found a pistol.

    警察还发现了一把手枪。

    例：

    They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby.

    他们花了很长时间察看地图，却怎么也找不到“达罗比”这个地方。

    2. [T 及物动词] 得到

    If you find something that you need or want, you succeed in achieving or obtaining it.

    近义词

    get

    双语例句

    例：

    Many people here cannot find work.

    这里很多人找不到工作。

    例：

    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. [T 及物动词] 发现（某人或某物处于某种状态）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    例：

    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. [T 及物动词] 意识到（自己无意中的动作）

    If you find yourself doing something, you are doing it without deciding or intending to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    例：

    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. [T 及物动词] 发觉

    If you find that something is the case, you become aware of it or realize that it is the case.

    近义词

    discover

    双语例句

    例：

    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现，两组鸟都很好地活了下来。

    例：

    The study found no link between the age of a mother and the risks of cancer in her children.

    该研究发现母亲的年龄与其子女罹患癌症的风险之间没有联系。

    例：

    At my age I would find it hard to get another job.

    我这个年纪很难再找到另一份工作。

    6. [T 及物动词] 判决

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    She was found guilty of manslaughter and put on probation for two years.

    她被判过失杀人罪，缓刑两年执行。

    7. [T 及物动词] 觉得

    You can use find to express your reaction to someone or something.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    例：

    I find it ludicrous that nothing has been done to protect passengers from fire.

    没有任何保护乘客免受火患的措施，我觉得这十分荒唐。

    8. [T 及物动词] 体会到

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature?

    怎么会有人以猎杀这种美丽的动物为乐呢？

    9. [T 及物动词] 找得出（时间、金钱）

    If you find the time or money to do something, you succeed in making or obtaining enough time or money to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    I was just finding more time to write music.

    我刚好抽得出更多的时间来作曲。

    10. [PASSIVE 被动及物动词] 发现（某物的存在）

    If something is found in a particular place or thing, it exists in that place.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

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