find是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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）發現，碰上；找到，尋得；找出，查明

  • I've just found a ten-pound note in my pocket. 我剛在口袋裡找到了一張十英鎊的鈔票。

  • I couldn't find Andrew's phone number. 我找不到安德魯的電話號碼。

  • You'll find the knives and forks in the left-hand drawer. 你會發現刀叉在左手邊的抽屜裡。

  • Researchers are hoping to find a cure for the disease. 研究人員希望能找到治癒這種疾病的方法。

  • [ + two objects ] Has he found himself a place to live yet? 他找到地方住了嗎？

  • [ + obj + adj ] She was found unconscious and bleeding. 人們發現她時，她已不省人事而且流血不止。

  • [ + that ] The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not. 這項研究發現已婚男人的壽命比未婚男人長。

  • Do you think they'll ever find a way of bringing peace to the region? 你認為他們能找到辦法為這個地區帶來和平嗎？

  • We're really struggling to find (= get) enough money to pay the rent. 我們目前正想盡辦法湊錢繳房租。

  • After years of abuse from her husband, she eventually found the courage to leave him. 遭受丈夫多年的虐待之後，她終於鼓起勇氣離開了他。

  • I wish I could find (the) time to do more reading. 我希望自己能擠出時間多看一點書。

  • [ + (that) ] We came home to find (that) the cat had had kittens. 我們回到家時發現貓已經生下小貓了。

  • I found (that) I could easily swim a mile. 我發現自己輕輕鬆鬆就能游一英里。

  • Many plant and animal species are found only in the rainforests. 許多動植物物種只見於熱帶雨林。

  • Vitamin C is found in citrus fruit. 柑橘類水果富含維他命C。

  • I had a map but I still couldn't find my way back to the hotel. 我有一張地圖，可還是找不到回飯店的路。

  • She's always finding fault with the way he works. 她總是挑剔他的工作方式。

  • He'll find himself with no friends at all if he carries on behaving this way. 如果他繼續這樣行事，他會發現自己一個朋友都沒有了。

  • We fell asleep on the train and woke up to find ourselves in Calais. 我們在火車上睡著了，醒來時發現已經到了加萊。

  • Simon spent a year in an ashram in India to find himself. 為了尋找真我，賽門在印度的一處靜修所呆了整整一年。

• 1 to think or feel a particular way about someone or something -- 認為；發覺；感到

  • [ + obj + noun/adj ] Do you find John difficult to talk to? 你是否發覺和克萊夫講話有些困難？

  • I don't find him an easy person to get on with. 我覺得他這個人不好相處。

  • She doesn't find it easy to talk about her problems. 她感到很難開口談論自己的問題。

  • [ + -ing verb ] I find living in the city very stressful. 我覺得城市生活壓力很大。

• 2 to make a judgment in a law court -- 作出（裁決）

  • [ + obj + adj ] In a unanimous verdict, the jury found him guilty/not guilty of the murder. 陪審團一致裁定對他的謀殺指控罪名成立／不成立。

• 3 a good or valuable thing or a special person that has been discovered but was not known about before -- 發現物；被發現的人（尤指有價值或有用者）

  • This café's quite a find - I had no idea there was anywhere like it around here. 這家咖啡館真不錯——我完全不知道這附近還有這麼一個地方。

  • A recent find of ancient artefacts is on display at the local museum. 近期發現的一些文物正在當地的博物館展出。