| 单词 | in search |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin search Phrases P1. in search. Cf. in pursuit at pursuit n. 6b, in quest at quest n.2 4b. a. in search of: so as to look for, in order to find, in pursuit of. Frequently used predicatively: looking for, trying to find. [compare Middle French, French en cherche de (1569).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > engaged in searching for [phrase] in the wind1540 in search of1563 on (also upon) the look1716 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > engaged in searching for [phrase] > in quest of inquest1470 in quest1518 in (the) request of1541 in search of1563 1563 L. Humphrey tr. Philo of Alexandria Concernynge Nobilitye sig. Aa.iiv in Nobles or of Nobilitye His minde should lesse further, in searche of the one onely euerlasting God, and father of all thinges, as well conceyued in mynde, as subiect to sence. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 429 If zealous loue should go in search of vertue, Where should he finde it purer then in Blanch? View more context for this quotation c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 214 I receiv'd instructions, how to behave..in Towne, what directions, Masters, and bookes to take in search..of the Antiquities, Churches, Collections &c. ?1716 A. Pope Let. in Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. & Wks. (1837) I. 328 I might run into Turkey in search of liberty. 1762 G. Colman Musical Lady i. i. 6 Come! I have been in search of you this hour. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. iii. 71 Some species..ascend bushes in search of aphides. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. x. 139 Mr. Borch was in search of information. 2015 New Yorker 1 June 72/2 [His] flaws are mostly ones of exuberance, the jittery overcompensations of an academic in search of an audience. b. in search after (also in search for): = in search of at Phrases 1a.Use with after is more common than with for in the 17th century, with for becoming more common during the 19th century. Use with of is vastly more common in all periods. ΚΠ 1589 A. Munday tr. F. de Vernassal Hist. Palmendos xvi. f. 52v The fiue Knights, that were departed in searche after Palmendos. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D3v Much teen they bide in search for such an one. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. i. v. 70 The belief of a Providence, which was a light to conduct them to a clearer knowledge of what they were in search after. 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy i. xv. 62 Remember that Truth alone is the Matter you are in search after. ?1795 Meg of Wapping's Garland 7 But now I'll go in search for him, In grief I'll wait no longer. 1881 W. Robertson in Sunday Mag. Apr. 245 The passionate absorbedness with which again and again intellect has plumbed its way forward in search for God. 1942 F. Holland Diary 3 Mar. in P. Stone et al. El Tigre (1999) ii. 43 The boys went in search after native foods. 2020 Oxf. Mail (Nexis) 8 Mar. This year we are in search for the most inspirational women in Oxfordshire. c. With infinitive complement. On a quest to find or achieve something; (in predicative use) seeking to do something. Now rare. ΚΠ 1593 N. Breton in R. S. Phœnix Nest 71 Whose bodie sunke in search to gaine that shore, Where many a Prince had perished before. 1599 E. Ford Parismenos xxi. Xx3v Being now assured of all other doubts, and hauing finished my trauell in search to finde you out. 1631 C. Aleyn Battailes Crescey & Poictiers sig. B2 The English are in search to finde Where it is fordable, and how they might Gaine to the other side. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 166 His Wife, a Woman of an admirable Temper, suspecting something more than ordinary, went in search to find out her Husband's Intrigues. 1839 tr. F. Schiller Battle with Dragon in Monthly Chron. 3 564 Explor'd each mountain-rock and glen, In search to find the monster's den. 1972 Kunst des Orients 9 145 The Gūrid prince Quţbas-Dīn Muhammad (541/1146-7) set in search to find a beautiful place to build a city and a strong castle suitable for kings. P2. International Law. right of search. a. The right of a ship of a nation at war to stop a neutral merchant vessel and search it for prohibited goods carried in violation of neutrality. Formerly also sometimes in wider use, esp. with reference to the searching of slave ships after the abolition of the slave trade. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right to search vessels right of search1740 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > searching or examining > right to right of search1740 1740 Conduct D—ke of Ar—le for Four Last Years Review'd 15 The King my Master, said he, will as soon part with his Eyes as with his Right of Search upon the American Seas. 1798 Deb. Congr. U.S. 12 June (1851) 1907 Gentlemen appeared to confound the right of search with the right of capture. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 36 1334 The only means of ultimate success consisted, in his opinion, in the adoption of some arrangement among the greater powers of Europe, which should establish a mutual right of search [of slave vessels]. 1904 Ohio Law Bull. 14 Nov. 503/2 It is this exception, of course, that gives importance to the right of search at the present time. 2015 Harvard Law Rev. 128 1198 From the U.S. perspective, Britain had abused the wartime right of search during the recent Napoleonic Wars, which was a cause of the War of 1812. b. In the same sense with search in combination with visit (see visit n. 3b) or visitation (see visitation n. 1e), as right of visitation and search, right of search and visit, etc. ΚΠ 1799 Rep. Judgm. High Court Admiralty on Swedish Convoy 16 It is for the purpose of ascertaining these points that the necessity of this right of visitation and search exists. 1842 H. Wheaton (title) Enquiry into the validity of the British claim to a right of visitation and search of American vessels suspected to be engaged in the African slave trade. 1939 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 21 153 The development of the right of visit and search must take into account the altered conditions of war. 2006 A. Syrigos in A. Strati et al. Unresolved Issues & New Challenges to Law of Sea vii. 154 This interference..can be classified under two general categories, the first being the right of approach and the second being the right of search and visit. P3. In noun phrases with and and another noun.See also search and rescue n. a. search and recovery: the process of locating and recovering objects which are lost, esp. underwater, or people who are missing (typically presumed dead); = search and retrieval at Phrases 3b; frequently attributive. In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1853 Dundee Courier 30 Nov. Judging of applications..for search and recovery of stolen goods. 1947 N.Y. Times 23 Nov. 54/2 Major Alva R. Smith of Savannah, Ga., head of the service's search and recovery division, said the Army had accounted for all the thirty-six American fliers who crashed in Sikang. 2008 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 24 May d7 The underwater camera equipment..will be an integral part of the..Dive Team's operations when it is called to perform search and recovery missions. b. search and retrieval. (a) The action of searching and recovering information from a reference system, esp. a computer system. Frequently attributive. Cf. information retrieval n. at information n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1954 Amer. Documentation 5 234/2 The particular [filing] method should be selected on the basis of efficiency and suitability for search and retrieval. 2017 Politics & Govt. Week 23 Mar. 5635 Search and retrieval systems allow a user to locate specific information from a repository of documents. (b) The process of locating and recovering objects which are lost, esp. underwater, or people who are missing (typically presumed dead); = search and recovery at Phrases 3a. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1974 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 28 Sept. 1/5 Five Tyrone men..will tomorrow receive certificates as scuba divers... They are now qualified for search and retrieval assignments in the area. 2010 J. Woodford Great Barrier Reef iii. 27 I was about to start the finale of the [rescue diver training] course—a full-scale mock rescue involving a missing diver..requiring me to coordinate and execute a search and retrieval. c. Law. search and seizure: the legally authorized procedure of searching or confiscating a person's premises or property. ΚΠ 1625 Proclam. making Currant Certaine French Coyne (single sheet) And doth also straightly charge all Customers, Comptrollers, Searchers, and other Officers of His Highnes Ports, to make diligent search and seizure of all such Coyne as shall be imported contrary to His Maiesties Royall Proclamation. 1801 Bell's Weekly Messenger 9 Aug. 1/3 The domiciliary visits for search and seizure of English merchandizes extended from Brussells to Antwerp. 1928 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 275 106 The liquor was obtained by a search and seizure instituted without warrant or probable cause. 2013 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Finance section) 15 The documents show how the government can subvert Americans' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. < as lemmas |
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