search UK [sɜ:tʃ] US [sɝ:tʃ] verb ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive ■to look somewhere carefully in order to find something 搜查;搜索•The police searched the woods for the missing boy.员警在树林中搜寻失踪的孩子。 •She searched his face for some sign of forgiveness, but it remained expressionless.她仔细端详他的脸,想看出些许表示原谅的神情,但他脸上仍然毫无表情。 •He searched (in/through) his pockets for some change.他翻遍口袋想找些零钱。 •I've searched high and low (= everywhere) , but I can't find my birth certificate.我到处找,却怎么也找不到我的出生证明。 •The detectives searched the house from top to bottom (= all over it) , but they found no sign of the stolen goods.侦探在屋子里到处搜寻,但失窃物品仍不见踪影。 •figurative She searched her mind/memory for the man's name, but she couldn't remember it.她拼命想记起这个男人的名字,但怎么也想不起来。 •figurative People who are searching after inner peace sometimes turn to religion.想要寻求内心平和的人有时会求助于宗教。 IMPROVER intransitive ■to try to find the answer to a problem 寻找答案;思索•Philosophers have searched for millennia but they haven't found the meaning of life.数千年来,哲学家一直在思索人生的意义,却还没找到答案。 IMPROVER transitive ■A police officer who searches you or your possessions looks for something you might be hiding (员警)对…搜身,搜查•The men were searched for drugs and then released.那些男子被搜身,看是否藏有毒品,然后被释放。 UK [sɜ:tʃ] US [sɝ:tʃ] verb Search me! informal ■something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question 我怎么知道!•"Where's Jack?" "Search me!"“杰克在哪里?”“我怎么知道!” UK [sɜ:tʃ] US [sɝ:tʃ] verb Phrasal Verbs [M] search sth/sb out ■to find something or someone after searching 找到,发现•Despite the warm weather, we searched out some snow and went skiing.尽管天气很暖和,我们还是找到了雪地,就去滑雪了。 UK [sɜ:tʃ] US [sɝ:tʃ] verb Common Learner Errors searchRemember: when search has an indirect preposition, use the preposition for.To talk about the thing you are trying to find, don't say 'search something', say search for something : ✗ He is still searching his lost dog. UK [sɜ:tʃ] US [sɝ:tʃ] noun ESSENTIAL countable ■when you try to find someone or something 搜索;搜寻•After a long search, they eventually found the missing papers.找了很长时间之后,他们终于找到了遗失的文件。 •We're doing a computer search for all words beginning with 'high'.我们在用电脑搜寻以 high 开头的所有词。 •The police carried out/conducted/made a thorough/exhaustive search of the premises, but they failed to find any drugs.员警对这所住宅进行了彻底搜查,但没有发现任何毒品。 IMPROVER only singular ■when you try to find an answer to a problem 思索,思考•the search for happiness对幸福的思考 in search of sth ■trying to find something 寻找•She was shot by a sniper when she went out in search of firewood.她在外出寻找柴火时被狙击手射中。 |