look for somebody/something

phrasal verbphr v

a) LOOK FORto try to find something that you have lost, or someone who is not where they should be 寻找 SYN search for

I’m looking for Steve – have you seen him?

我在找史蒂夫——你见过他吗？

Detectives are still looking for the escaped prisoner.

警探仍在寻找越狱犯。

→ search2(1)

b) be looking for somebody/somethingLOOK FOR to be trying to find a particular kind of thing or person 正设法寻找某人/某物

I’m sorry, we’re really looking for someone with no family commitments.

对不起，我们其实在寻找没有家庭负担的人。

be (just) what/who you are looking for

‘Salubrious’! That’s just the word I was looking for.

（环境宜人的）!那正是我要找的字眼。

c) be looking for trouble informalFIGHT to be behaving in a way that makes it likely that problems or violence will happen 找麻烦，找碴儿

They walked into a bar looking for trouble.

他们走进酒吧来找碴儿。

Examples from the Corpus

look for • Hiking companions who survive a slide should look for, and dig for, their missing partner, Ray said.• Traditionally, we have looked for causes of learning difficulty in the child.• She decided to go to the ladies' room and look for him on the way.• In the near future, look for the Giants to be playing in downtown San Francisco and the 49ers on the Peninsula.

be looking for somebody/something• They are looking for a product, just as surely as a shopper at the local mall is.• The police might be looking for him in Rome now.• The network is looking for something extra.• He seemed to be looking for something.• He soon saw what he was looking for: the manufacturer's name, Allison.• Mathie was looking for work after he decided to pull the plug on the 20-year-old classic emporium.• All three of them are looking for work in large towns.

be looking for trouble• The kid with the knife was looking for trouble.• They were looking for trouble and they found us instead.• Hindsight tells me that I was looking for trouble, but-at the time I knew nothing about it.

→ look for somebody/something at look1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	look for somebody/something
释义	look for somebody/something look for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) LOOK FORto try to find something that you have lost, or someone who is not where they should be 寻找 SYN search for I’m looking for Steve – have you seen him? 我在找史蒂夫——你见过他吗？ Detectives are still looking for the escaped prisoner. 警探仍在寻找越狱犯。 → search2(1) b) be looking for somebody/somethingLOOK FOR to be trying to find a particular kind of thing or person 正设法寻找某人/某物 I’m sorry, we’re really looking for someone with no family commitments. 对不起，我们其实在寻找没有家庭负担的人。 be (just) what/who you are looking for ‘Salubrious’! That’s just the word I was looking for. （环境宜人的）!那正是我要找的字眼。 c) be looking for trouble informalFIGHT to be behaving in a way that makes it likely that problems or violence will happen 找麻烦，找碴儿 They walked into a bar looking for trouble. 他们走进酒吧来找碴儿。 Examples from the Corpus look for • Hiking companions who survive a slide should look for, and dig for, their missing partner, Ray said.• Traditionally, we have looked for causes of learning difficulty in the child.• She decided to go to the ladies' room and look for him on the way.• In the near future, look for the Giants to be playing in downtown San Francisco and the 49ers on the Peninsula. be looking for somebody/something• They are looking for a product, just as surely as a shopper at the local mall is.• The police might be looking for him in Rome now.• The network is looking for something extra.• He seemed to be looking for something.• He soon saw what he was looking for: the manufacturer's name, Allison.• Mathie was looking for work after he decided to pull the plug on the 20-year-old classic emporium.• All three of them are looking for work in large towns. be looking for trouble• The kid with the knife was looking for trouble.• They were looking for trouble and they found us instead.• Hindsight tells me that I was looking for trouble, but-at the time I knew nothing about it. → look for somebody/something at look1(PHRASAL VERB)
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