find1/faInd; faInd/v [T] past tense and past participle found /faUnd; faʊnd/1 to discover or get something that you have been looking for 发现﹐找到〔所寻之物〕: Will you help me find my bag? 你能帮我找到我的包吗?I can’t find my keys. 我找不到我的钥匙。I have to find somewhere to live. 我得找个地方住。find sb sth (=find something for someone) 为某人找某物 I think we can find you a job. 我想我们能为你找一份工作。2 to discover something by chance〔碰巧〕发现: She found a purse in the street. 她在街上捡到一个钱包。We found a really good bar near the hotel. 我们在酒店附近发现一间很好的酒吧。3 to see something 发现﹐发觉: find sb doing sth When the police arrived, they found him lying on the floor. 警察赶到时发现他倒在地上。+(that) Michael woke up to find that the bedroom was flooded. 迈克尔醒来后发现卧室进水了。4 to discover or learn new information 发现﹐找出﹐查明: Scientists are still trying to find a cure for AIDS. 科学家仍在竭力寻找艾滋病的疗法。+that They found that men are better at reading maps than women. 他们发现男性在查看地图方面比女性强。5 to have an opinion or feeling about someone or something 认为﹐感到: I don’t find his jokes at all funny. 我觉得他的笑话一点也不好笑。She found the work very dull. 她觉得这项工作十分枯燥。find it hard/easy etc to do sth I found it hard to understand her. 我觉得很难了解她。6 to learn or know something by experience〔通过经验〕发现﹔知道: +that I soon found that it was quicker to go by bus. 我很快就发现坐公共汽车去更快些。7 to have enough time, money, energy etc to be able to do what you want to do 拥有﹐获得〔足够的时间﹑金钱﹑精力等去做某事〕: When do you find the time to read? 你什么时候才有时间看书呢?8 be found to live or exist somewhere 存在﹔生长〔于某地〕: This species is only found in West Africa. 这一物种只有西非才有。9 find yourself somewhere to be in a place although you did not plan to be there 发现自己在某处: At the end of the evening I found myself in the city centre. 午夜时分﹐我发现自己竟然在市中心。10 find your way (somewhere) to arrive at a place by discovering the way to get there 找到(去某处的)路: Can you find your way, or do you need a map? 你能找到路吗﹐还是需要一张地图?11 find sb guilty/not guilty (of sth) law to officially decide that someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime【法律】判决某人有(…)罪/无(…)罪: He was found guilty of murder. 他被判犯有谋杀罪。12 find fault with sb/sth to criticize someone or something 批评某人/某物﹔挑某人/某物的毛病: The teacher would always find fault with my work. 那个老师总是挑剔我的作业。13 find your feet to become confident in a new situation 习惯于新的环境: Matt's only been at the school two weeks and he hasn’t found his feet yet. 马特上这所学校才两周﹐还不适应。find out phr v 1 to get information about something or someone 了解﹐查明: find sth out We never found out her name. 我们一直不知道她的名字。+what/how/where etc He hurried off to find out what the problem was. 他赶忙离开去了解是什么问题。+about If Dad finds out about this, he’ll go crazy. 如果爸爸知道这事﹐他会气疯的。+(that) I found out that my parents had never been married. 我发现我的父母一直没有结婚。2 find sb out to discover that someone has been doing something dishonest or illegal 发现某人不诚实[违法]: What happens if we’re found out? 如果我们被查出来会怎样?
find2n [C] something good or useful that you discover by chance〔偶然〕发现的好东西﹔〔有用的〕发现物: That little Greek restaurant was a real find. 那家希腊小餐馆真是个不错的发现。