find

1. V-T If you find someone or something, you see them or learn where they are. 發(fā)現(xiàn); 找到

The police also found a pistol. 警察還發(fā)現(xiàn)了一把手槍。

They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby. 他們已花了很長時(shí)間察看地圖，卻怎麼也找不到一個叫“達(dá)羅比”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. 這裡很多人找不到工作。

He has to apply for a permit and we have to find him a job. 他得申請一個許可証，而我們得給他找一份工作。

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. 發(fā)現(xiàn) (某人或某物処於某種狀態(tài))

They found her walking alone and depressed on the beach. 他們發(fā)現(xiàn)她獨(dú)自一人、神情沮喪地走在海灘上。

She returned to her home to find her back door forced open. 她廻到家中，發(fā)現(xiàn)後門被強(qiáng)行打開了。

4. V-T If you find yourself doing something, you are doing it without deciding or intending to do it. 意識到 (自己無意中的動作)

It's not the first time that you've found yourself in this situation. 這已經(jīng)不是你第一次意識到自己処於這種情形了。

I found myself having more fun than I had had in years. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己多年來從未玩得這樣開心過。

5. V-T If you find that something is the case, you become aware of it or realize that it is the case. 發(fā)覺

The two biologists found, to their surprise, that both groups of birds survived equally well. 這兩位生物學(xué)家驚奇地發(fā)覺，兩組鳥都同樣很好地活了下來。

At my age I would find it hard to get another job. 在我這個年紀(jì)，我覺得很難再找到另一份工作。

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. 判決

She was found guilty of manslaughter and put on probation for two years. 她被判過失殺人罪，緩刑兩年。

7. V-T You can use find to express your reaction to someone or something. 覺得

I find most of the young men of my own age so boring. 我覺得大多數(shù)和我同齡的年輕人都很無趣。

I find it ludicrous that nothing has been done to protect passengers from fire. 我認(rèn)爲(wèi)沒有採取任何措施來保護(hù)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. 躰會到

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

怎麼會有人在獵殺這種美麗的動物中躰會到快樂呢？

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 (時(shí)間、金錢)

I was just finding more time to write music. 我剛好抽得出更多的時(shí)間來作曲。

10. V-T PASSIVE If something is found in a particular place or thing, it exists in that place. 發(fā)現(xiàn) (某物的存在)

Two thousand of France's 4,200 species of flowering plants are found in the park. 法國的4200種開花植物中有2000種可以在這個公園裡找到。

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. (有價(jià)值的) 發(fā)現(xiàn)

Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candleholders. 他另一個幸運(yùn)的發(fā)現(xiàn)是一對燭臺。

12. →see also finding , found

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. 他是個找路的高手，即使在陌生的環(huán)境中也一樣。

14. PHRASE If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance. (尤指偶然地) 來到

It is one of the very few Michelangelos that have found their way out of Italy. 它是流傳到意大利境外的少數(shù)幾幅米開朗基羅的作品之一。

15. to find fault with→see fault

16. to find one's feet→see foot