| 单词 | find |
| 释义 | find I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < found the tracks of some unknown animal > < found a large stone blocking the way > < the child found a coin in the street > < the well diggers found a number of Indian artifacts > (2) < finds interesting people wherever he goes > b. (1) < he hoped to find favor in her sight > < his doctrines found no acceptance among scholars > (2) < the book found a host of readers > < the new product found few buyers > 2. a. < they found water at a depth of 10 feet > < the committee must find a suitable man for the job > < found his missing brother at last > b. < find the answer to a complex mathematical problem > < scientific research is finding important new principles nearly every day — C.E.Kellogg > < finds that … the volumes of the other gas … are in the ratio 1:2 — L.K.Nash > c. < found a more modern method of treating the processed material > d. < found the time to continue his studies > < find bail for a prisoner > < find the courage to address a large audience > e. < the bullet found its mark > f. < preliminary surveys failed to find any solid bottom — O.S.Nock > g. < the spirit of adventure … found vent in the life of the explorer — B.K.Sandwell > < authors whose textbooks find publication — James Britton > < the new system has found its first codification — Reporter > 3. dialect < find pain > < find punishment > < grandpa found his rheumatism again this morning > 4. a. < found him a very sensible and tactful man > < find much pleasure in his company > < found something repellent about the man > < find no logic in his argument > < found a strange odor in the room > b. (1) < when he awoke, he found himself in a luxuriously furnished apartment > < find herself in a dilemma > < found themselves in the presence of the sovereigns > (2) < how do you find yourself to-day? — Winston Churchill > c. (1) < after a second's pause, he found broken speech — Arthur Morrison > < a baby just beginning to find her feet > (2) < the youthful poet had just begun to find his wings > < continue a small unearned allowance while his son found his feet at the bar — Geoffrey Gorer > < when he found his feet the army … decided to overlook the prison record and accept his reform — Gordon Harrison > d. < it was an army that had found itself — F.V.W.Mason > < must help the student to find himself as an individual — N.M.Pusey > < she suddenly finds herself, and becomes the acknowledged leader of all the women of the neighborhood — Vernon Jarratt > 5. a. (1) < for selected children the church finds half of this sum, leaving the parent to find the rest — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole > — often used with in < there'd be all the neighbors to find in victuals and drink — Mary Webb > < we are found in everything — house, servants, food — Rachel Henning > (2) < he was chopping by day's work — 75 cents a day — and found himself — Herman Melville > — often used in the phrases everything found, all found < combining business and pleasure in a new kind of holiday camp with all found — Fred Majdalany > < no worries, everything found, and lots of Saturday-night spirits — Lionel Shapiro > < why should you go to the workhouse? I offer you 14 pounds and everything found — George Moore > b. < the boat comes fully found, ready to go — Holiday > 6. < he was found guilty > < find a verdict > < find a true bill of indictment against an accused person > 7. chiefly Midland < about February … the mother bears find their cubs — Mary Sloop > intransitive verb 1. < when the hounds found, they went off at a very fast clip — Scientific Monthly > < harked back to the famous runs of his youth, telling me where they had found, where killed, and hazards in between — Adrian Bell > 2. • - find fault - find in one's heart - find one's way II. 1. < announced the find of an important manuscript > < a find of high-quality ore deposits > specifically < his first find was at the far end of one of the stubble fields — Popular Dogs > 2. a. < any small archaeological find may provide valuable historical evidence > especially < these letters constitute a real find > < an important uranium find > b. < the boy …, not yet 24 years old, was a find — Will Irwin > < the young actress was the theatrical find of the year > |
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