FIND1 to find someone or something that is lost2 to find something you need or want3 difficult to find4 to find a place you are trying to get to5 to find something new and important6 to unexpectedly find something that you were not looking for7 something you findRELATED WORDSoppositeLOSEsee alsoLOOK FORFIND OUTINVENT1 to find someone or something that is lost 找回丢失的人或物find /faɪnd/ [transitive verb]tofind someone or something that you have lost 找到；找回 I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my sunglasses. 我每个地方都找过了，可就是找不到我的墨镜。 Have you found your passport yet? 你找到护照了吗? The murder weapon was found outside the house. 杀人凶器在屋外找到了。 Luis was gone, and she had no way of ever finding him again. 路易斯走了，她从此再也找不到他了。turn up /ˌtɜːʳn ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if something that is lostturns up, someone finds it later in a place where they did not expect it to be 〔某物出乎预料地〕被找到 Don't worry about your earrings - I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later. 别担心你的耳环一迟早会自己跑出来的。 Have those files turned up yet? 那些文件找到了吗？trace /treɪs/ [transitive verb]to find someone or something by a careful process of asking a lot of people for information 追查〔某人或某事物，指通过仔细盘问许多人来寻找线索〕 Police are trying to trace a red van, which several witnesses reported seeing near the scene of the crime. 警方在追查一辆红色的小型货车，有几名目击者报告说在犯罪现场附近看见过它。 The cash was eventually traced to a prominent Paris lawyer. 这笔现金最终追查到巴黎一名著名的律师身上。 Philips hired a private detective to trace his daughter, who had been missing for two months. 菲利普斯雇了一名私家侦探来追查他失踪了两个月的女儿的下落。track down /ˌtræk ˈdaʊn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to find someone or something that is difficult to find, by searching or by making inquiries in several different places 追查出；追捕到；找到〔某人或某事物，指经过在不同地方搜寻或访寻〕track down somebody/something The police have had a difficult time tracking down Corbin. 警方追捕科尔宾费了很大的劲。 I have copies of the documents but haven't managed to track down the originals. 我有文件的拷贝，但未能查出原件。 The president vowed to track down those responsible for the bombing. 总统发誓要追捕策动爆炸案的人。track somebody/something down It took Alvin quite a while to track her down, but he eventually found her. 阿尔文费了很久来查她的下落，但最终找到了她。2 to find something you need or want 找到你需要或想要的某物find /faɪnd/ [transitive verb]tofind something that you need, such as a job or a place to live 找到 I really need to find a better job. 我极需找一份更好的工作。 It took us half an hour to find somewhere to park. 我们花了半小时才找到停车的地方。 Jenny found an apartment in Brooklyn. 珍妮在布鲁克林区找到了一套公寓。locate /ləʊˈkeɪtǁˈləʊkeɪt/ [transitive verb not in passive]formal or writtento find out where something is - used especially in official or technical contexts 【正式或书面】找到；探明〔某事物所在，尤用于正式文体或技术方面〕 Investigators searched through the plane's wreckage for several hours before locating the flight recorder. 调查人员在飞机残骸中搜寻了几个小时后才找到了黑匣子。 If you have difficulty locating a particular book, please ask one of the librarians for assistance. 如果你找某一本书有困难，可请图书管理员帮忙。location /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] Techniques for the location of tumours have improved greatly over the last twenty years. 20年来探明肿瘤位置的技术已经大大提高。dig out /ˌdɪg ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]especially Britishto find something you have not seen for a long time, or that may not be easy to find, especially in order to give it to someone who has asked for it 【尤英】把〔长久不见或不容易找到的东西〕找出来〔尤为了送给要这件东西的人〕dig out something It seems like every time Grandma comes over we have to dig out the family photos. 看来祖母每次来我们都得把家人的照片翻找出来。 I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island. 我利用这次机会找出了有关这座远方岛屿的一些资料和数据。dig something/it/them out I have her address somewhere -- I'll dig it out for you when I get time. 我有她的地址，不知放哪儿了—有空我给你找出来。3 difficult to find 很难找到be difficult to find/hard to find /biː ˌdɪfɪkəlt tə ˈfaɪnd, ˌhɑːʳd tə ˈfaɪnd/ [verb phrase]if someone or something that you needis difficult to find orhard to find, you cannot easily find them because there are not many of them or they are well hidden 〔某人或某物〕难以找到的〔因为数不多或藏得很好〕 Taxis are hard to find at that time of night. 夜晚那个时候很难找到出租车。 What we wanted was a house with a big garden -- something that was difficult to find in the middle of a city. 我们想要的是一幢带大花园的房子——这在市中心很难找。elusive /ɪˈluːsɪv/ [adjective]anelusive person or animal is difficult to find, often because they do not want to be found 〔人或动物〕难找到的；难以抓住的 The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature. 灰毛狐狸是很害羞的罕见动物。 A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive. 事实证明很难找到治疗这种疾病的方法。 We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office. 我们几次想跟经理联络，可他行踪不定，从不在办公室。4 to find a place you are trying to get to 找到想到的地方find /faɪnd/ [transitive verb]tofind a place that you are trying to go to 找到，发现〔要去的地方〕 Did you manage to find the house without too much trouble? 那座屋子好找吗?be easy to find The Blue Moon is easy to find: get off Highway 78 at 23rd Avenue and go right. “蓝月亮”很好找的：在23街离开78号公路，然后往右走。find your way /ˌfaɪnd jɔːʳ ˈweɪ/ [verb phrase]to get to a place by finding the right way to go 找到路；认路 I couldn't find my way out of the building. 我找不到走出大楼的路了。find your way to It was my first visit to New York, but I managed to find my way to their apartment without any problem. 这是我第一次去纽约，但我没费什么周折就找到了他们的公寓。find your own wayfind your way without anyone's help 自己找到路 Thanks, it's not necessary for you to get up. I can find my own way out. 谢谢，你不必起来，我能自己找到出去的路。5 to find something new and important 发现新的、重要的东西find /faɪnd/ [transitive verb]tofind something important that no one knew about before, especially information or a way of doing something 找出；发现〔尤指信息或做某事的方法〕 Medical researchers are determined to find a cure for cancer. 医学研究人员决心要找出治疗癌症的方法。 It's crucial that we find cleaner ways of generating electricity. 找到更为清洁的发电方法对我们至关重要。 Bodies up to 2,000 years old have been found buried in the peat bogs of central England. 在英格兰中部的泥灰沼泽中发现了埋葬了2,000年之久的古尸。discover /dɪsˈkʌvəʳ/ [transitive verb]to find an object, a substance, a place, information etc, that is important and that no one knew about before 发现〔重要物体、地方、信息等〕 The planet Pluto was discovered in 1930. 冥王星是在1930年发现的。 Australian researchers have discovered a substance in coffee that acts like morphine. 澳大利亚研究人员在咖啡中发现了一种作用类似吗啡的物质。make a discovery /ˌmeɪk ə dɪsˈkʌvəri/ [verb phrase]to find something important, interesting, or surprising that no one knew about before 作出发现〔指重要、有趣或令人惊奇的事物〕 Hawking made many discoveries about the nature of stars. 霍金对恒星的本质有了许多发现。 Carlo Rubbia, who led the team of scientists that made the discovery, received the Nobel prize in 1984. 领导那批科学家作出了该项发现的卡洛·鲁比亚于1984年获得诺贝尔奖。 Amazing discoveries have been made by anthropologists excavating in the Rift Valley. 人类学家在发掘东非大裂谷时取得了惊人的发现。 An important discovery was made by Mendel in the mid-nineteenth century. 19世纪中期门德尔作出了一项重大发现。unearth /ʌnˈɜːʳθ/ [transitive verb]to find something that was hidden or kept secret for a long time, especially information 发现，披露〔隐藏或保密已久的事物，尤指信息〕 Investigators have unearthed new evidence about the possible cause of the crash. 调查人员已发现可能造成失事原因的新证据。 The incredible story was unearthed by reporters at the ‘Post’. 这一令人难以置信的报道是被《邮报》的记者披露出来的。 His research unearthed new information about the origins of the HIV virus. 他的研究发现了有关艾滋病病毒起源的新信息。turn up /ˌtɜːʳn ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb not usually in passive]to find something interesting or useful, especially information, while you are searching carefully 〔仔细搜寻过程中〕发现，找到〔有趣或有用的东西，尤指信息〕 After seven months on the case, the police failed to turn up any real clues. 经过七个月对此案的调查，警方未能发现任何有价值的线索。 A thorough examination of the company's account books turned up several interesting facts. 对公司账簿进行了一次深入检查之后发现了一些有趣的情况。6 to unexpectedly find something that you were not looking for 无意中发现你未在寻找的东西find/discover /faɪnd, dɪsˈkʌvəʳ/ [transitive verb not in progressive] We found a lovely seafood restaurant by the harbour. 我们在海港附近发现了一家很好的海鲜餐馆。 The body was discovered by a man walking his dog. 一名男子在遛狗时发现了这具尸体。 It wasn't until I got to university that I discovered poetry. 我直到上了大学才发现了诗歌之美。come across /ˌkʌm əˈkrɒsǁ-ˈkrɔːs/ [transitive phrasal verb]to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it but are doing something else 无意中发现 I came across an interesting news item in yesterday's ‘Times’. 我在昨天的《泰晤士报》上无意中看到一则很有意思的新闻。 Digging in the garden, she came across some pieces of bone. 她在花园中掘土时无意间发现了几块骨头。stumble on/across /ˈstʌmbəl ɒn, əˌkrɒsǁ -əˌkrɔːs/ [transitive phrasal verb]to find something by chance and unexpectedly, especially something that was secret or that no one knew before 无意中发现，偶然找到〔尤指机密或新发现〕 The officers stumbled across the drugs when they stopped Moyers for a routine traffic violation. 警官在莫耶斯普通交通违章将其拦下后无意中发现了毒品。 Fleming was carrying out other research when he stumbled on penicillin. 弗莱明在进行其他研究时无意间发现了盘尼西林。 Some people believe that Jenkins was murdered by government agents because he stumbled across a military secret. 有些人认为詹金斯是被政府特工谋杀的，因为他无意间发现了一项军事机密。chance upon/happen upon /ˈtʃɑːns əˌpɒnǁ ˈtʃæns-, ˈhæpən əˌpɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]writtento find a place or thing that you were not deliberately looking for, or meet someone you did not know you would meet, especially when you consider this a good or lucky thing to have happened 【书面】无意间遇到 We happened upon a beautiful little hotel about an hour outside of Tours. 我们在图尔郊外约一小时路程处无意中发现一家漂亮的小旅馆。 I was walking home from the station when I happened upon Richard. 我从车站走回家的路上碰巧遇到理查德。 Leafing through a magazine, I chanced upon a photo of an old high school friend, Robert Mason. 我在随手翻阅一本杂志时，无意中看到一幅高中时的老朋友罗伯特·梅森的照片。7 something you find 找到的东西discovery /dɪsˈkʌvəri/ [countable noun]something important that has been found and that no one knew about before 发现 Among the discoveries of the late nineteenth century were several new chemical elements, including radium. 19世纪后期的发现中有几种新的化学元素，包括镭。 New archaeological discoveries prove the existence of an ancient civilization in the Indus Valley. 新的考古发现证明印度河谷有过古代文明。chance discoveryone that happens by chance 偶然的发现 The chance discovery of a blood-stained shirt led to the capture of the killer. 偶然发现一件血迹斑斑的衬衫帮助警方抓获了凶手。be a real find /biː ə ˌrɪəl ˈfaɪnd/ [verb phrase]if someone or somethingis a real find, you were lucky to find them because they are very good, useful, or interesting 是非常好的发现；是非常有用的发现；是非常有趣的发现 That little Greek restaurant was a real find. 找到那家希腊小餐馆真是不错。 Last month the club signed on a new player, Nate Tompkins, who has already proved to be a real find. 上个月该俱乐部同一位名叫内特·汤普金斯的新球员签了约，他已经证明了自己是个难得的人才。