find

noun

1. the act of discovering something

Synonym: discoveryuncovering

2. a productive insight

Synonym: discoverybreakthrough

verb

1. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

e.g. My son went to Berkeley to find himself

Synonym: find oneself

2. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

e.g. These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
His movie received a good review
I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions

Synonym: receivegetobtainincur

3. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

e.g. I feel that he doesn't like me
I find him to be obnoxious
I found the movie rather entertaining

Synonym: feel

4. make a discovery

e.g. She found that he had lied to her
The story is false, so far as I can discover

Synonym: discover

5. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

e.g. find the product of two numbers
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

Synonym: determinefind outascertain

6. decide on and make a declaration about

e.g. find someone guilty

Synonym: rule

7. make a discovery, make a new finding

e.g. Roentgen discovered X-rays
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

Synonym: discover

8. succeed in reaching
arrive at

e.g. The arrow found its mark

9. perceive or be contemporaneous with

e.g. We found Republicans winning the offices
You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
I want to see results

Synonym: witnesssee

10. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

e.g. She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
We found traces of lead in the paint

Synonym: detectobservediscovernotice

11. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

e.g. I found myself in a difficult situation
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room

12. obtain through effort or management

e.g. She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents
We found the money to send our sons to college

13. get something or somebody for a specific purpose

e.g. I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener
I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing
The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter

Synonym: line upget holdcome up

14. get or find back
recover the use of

e.g. She regained control of herself
She found her voice and replied quickly

Synonym: recoverretrieveregain

15. come upon, as if by accident
meet with

e.g. We find this idea in Plato
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

Synonym: happenchancebumpencounter

16. come upon after searching
find the location of something that was missed or lost

e.g. Did you find your glasses?
I cannot find my gloves!

Synonym: regain

1. 发现…的所在
If you find someone or something, you see them or learn where they are.

e.g. The police also found a pistol...
警方还发现了一把手枪。
e.g. They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby...
他们对着地图细看了许久也没能找到那个叫达罗比的地方的影踪。

2. 找到;寻得;获得
If you find something that you need or want, you succeed in achieving or obtaining it.

e.g. Many people here cannot find work...
这里很多人都找不到工作。
e.g. So far they have not found a way to fight the virus...
迄今为止，他们还没有找到一种对抗该病毒的方法。

3. 发现…存在(于)
If something is found in a particular place or thing, it exists in that place.

e.g. Two thousand of France's 4,200 species of flowering plants are found in the park...
法国的 4,200 种开花植物中有 2,000种可见于这个公园。
e.g. Fibre is found in cereal foods, beans, fruit and vegetables.
谷类食品、豆类、水果和蔬菜中含有纤维素。

4. 发现…处于某种状态;遇见;碰见
If you find someone or something in a particular situation, they are in that situation when you see them or come into contact with them.

e.g. They found her walking alone and depressed on the beach...
他们碰见她独自一人神色忧郁地走在海滩上。
e.g. She returned to her east London home to find her back door forced open...
她回到在伦敦东区的住所时发现后门被撬开了。

5. (不知不觉中)发现(自己在做某事)
If you find yourself doing something, you are doing it without deciding or intending to do it.

e.g. It's not the first time that you've found yourself in this situation...
你陷入这种状况已经不是第一次了。
e.g. I found myself having more fun than I had had in years...
我发现自己这些年来从未像现在这样开心过。

6. (某一时刻或事件)把…置于某种情形中
If a time or event finds you in a particular situation, you are in that situation at the time mentioned or when the event occurs.

e.g. Daybreak found us on a cold, clammy ship...
天亮时我们发现自己呆在一条冰冷黏湿的船上。
e.g. His lunch did not take long to arrive and found him poring over a notepad covered with scrawls.
不久午餐就送来了，当时他正埋头于一本满是潦草字迹的记事簿。

7. 发觉，认识到(某事属实)
If you find that something is the case, you become aware of it or realize that it is the case.

e.g. The two biologists found, to their surprise, that both groups of birds survived equally well...
这两位生物学家惊奇地发现，两组鸟都很好地存活了下来。
e.g. At my age I would find it hard to get another job...
到了我这个年纪自己就会发觉很难再找到一份工作了。

8. 裁决;判决;判定
When a court or jury decides that a person on trial is guilty or innocent, you say that the person has been found guilty or not guilty.

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e.g. She was found guilty of manslaughter and put on probation for two years...
她被裁定过失杀人罪名成立，缓刑两年。
e.g. When they found us guilty, I just went blank.
当他们判定我们有罪时，我的脑子顿时一片空白。

9. 觉得;认为
You can use find to express your reaction to someone or something.

e.g. I find most of the young men of my own age so boring...
我觉得和我同龄的年轻人大多都很无聊。
e.g. We're sure you'll find it exciting!...
我们保证你一定会认为这很刺激的！

10. 感受到(愉快、安慰等情感)
If you find a feeling such as pleasure or comfort in a particular thing or activity, you experience the feeling mentioned as a result of this thing or activity.

e.g. How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature?...
怎么会有人以猎杀这种美丽的动物为乐呢？
e.g. I was too tired and frightened to find comfort in that familiar promise.
我既疲惫又恐惧，就连那熟悉的承诺都无法让我感到安慰。

11. 找出，挤出(时间或金钱)
If you find the time or money to do something, you succeed in making or obtaining enough time or money to do it.

e.g. I was just finding more time to write music...
我刚刚找到了更多时间来作曲。
e.g. My sister helped me find the money for a private operation.
姐姐帮我筹集资金开办了一家私人企业。

12. (有价值的)发现;(有用的)发现物
If you describe someone or something that has been discovered as a find, you mean that they are valuable, interesting, good, or useful.

e.g. Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candle-holders...
他的另一个幸运发现是一对烛台。
e.g. His discovery was hailed as the botanical find of the century.
他的发现被誉为本世纪植物学的最重大发现。

You can use find, find out, or discover to talk about learning that something is the case.The young child finds that noise attracts attention... He discovered the whole school knew about it... We found out that she was wrong.Discover is a slightly more formal word than find, and is often used to talk about scientific research or formal investigations. For example, you can discover a cure for a particular disease. You can also use discover when you find something by accident. This well-known flower was discovered in 1903. Note that if you cannot see something that you are looking for, you say that you cannot find it. You do not use 'discover' or 'find out' in this way. I'm lost – I can't find the bridge. You can also say that someone finds out facts when this is easy to do, but you cannot use 'discover' or 'find' in this way. I found out the train times.
find, find out 和 discover 均可用来指得知某一事实：The young child finds that noise attracts attention(这个小孩发现弄出声响可以吸引注意力), He discovered the whole school knew about it (他发现整个学校都知道了此事), We found out that she was wrong (我们发现她错了)。discover比find略微正式，常用于谈论科学研究或正式调查。例如，可用 discover表示找到治愈某种疾病的方法。discover 还可表示偶然的发现：This well-known flower was discovered in 1903 (这种著名的花卉是在1903年发现的)。注意，如果表示看不到正在寻找的东西，要用find, 而不用discover 或find out：I'm lost — I can't find the bridge (我迷路了——我找不到那座桥)。find out 还可表示很容易便发现事实的情况，而discover 和find 却没有这种用法：I found out the train times (我查到了火车时刻)。

13. 找到正确的路(去某处);成功地到达
If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.

e.g. He was an expert at finding his way, even in strange surroundings...
他是认路的行家，即使在陌生的环境中也是如此。
e.g. After a while I pulled myself to my feet and found my way to the street.
过了一会儿我费力地站起身来，找到了那条大街。

14. (尤指某物偶然)去到(某处)
If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.

e.g. It is one of the very few Michelangelos that have found their way out of Italy...
这是少数几件流传到意大利境外的米开朗琪罗作品之一。
e.g. The most unlikely objects found their way into his design and look absolutely right where he placed them.
那些最不可能的东西出现于他的设计中，并且在他的安排下显得恰得其所。

15. to find fault with -> see fault

16. . to find one's feet -> see foot

17. (尤指特意通过努力)发现，找出，查明
If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.

e.g. It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what's going to happen...
这让人想要看下一集，弄清紧接着会发生什么事。
e.g. I was relieved to find out that my problems were due to a genuine disorder...
得知我的问题确实是由于病症引起的，我松了口气。

18. 查出…的不轨行为;揭发出
If you find someone out, you discover that they have been doing something dishonest.

e.g. Her face was so grave, I wondered for a moment if she'd found me out.
她的表情如此严肃，我一时怀疑她是不是已经知道了我干的事。

相关词组：find out

1. 查找文件：在KDE3.0下Xwin中查找文件(FIND)时系统变得特别地慢,或者是多找开几个窗口时系统变得几乎不能使用,为什么?

2. 寻找：举例来说: 5 20 30寻找字符--------有时你可能须要寻找一行中的某个字符. f char 寻找(FIND) 本行中下一个 char 字符 t char 将光标移到本行中下一个 char 字符之前

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4. find：facsimile information network development; 传真信息网络开发