find

Word family adjectivefindablenounfinderfindingverbfind

find1 /faɪnd/ S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp found /faʊnd/) [transitiveT]

1 get by searching 通过搜寻得到FIND to discover, see, or get something that you have been searching for 发现，找到〔一直在寻找之物〕

I can’t find the car keys.

我找不到汽车钥匙。

Hold on while I find a pen.

别挂电话，我找支笔。

Her body was later found hidden in the bushes.

后来有人发现她的尸体被藏在了灌木丛里。

I have to find somewhere else to live.

我得另找住处。

She had almost given up hope of finding a husband.

她差不多要放弃找个丈夫的希望了。

find somebody something

Tony asked us to find him office facilities in New York.

托尼要我们替他在纽约找个办公地点。

Her mother went to the shops, and on her return, Kathleen was nowhere to be found (=could not be found).

妈妈去买东西，回来的时候凯思琳找不到了。

2 see by chance 碰巧看见FIND to discover something by chance, especially something useful or interesting 〔意外〕碰见〔尤指有用或有意思的东西〕

I found a purse in the street.

我在大街上捡到一只皮夹子。

We found a nice pub near the hotel.

我们在宾馆附近发现一家不错的酒吧。

3 discover state of SB/STH 发现某人/某物的状态FIND OUT to discover that someone or something is in a particular condition or doing a particular thing when you see or touch them 发现〔某人或某物处在某状态或在做某事〕

I’m sure we’ll find her hard at work when we get home.

我确信我们到家时会发现她在努力用功。

He tried the door and found it unlocked.

他推了推门，发现没锁。

She woke to find a man by her bed.

她醒来时发现床边有个男人。

find somebody/something doing something

Often he found her quietly weeping alone.

他常常发现她独自默默流泪。

find (that)

She looked at her glass and was amazed to find it was empty.

她看了一眼自己的杯子，惊奇地发现里面空了。

4 do STH without meaning to 不是有意做某事FIND OUT to be in a particular state or do a particular thing, or to realize that this is happening, especially when you did not expect or intend it 发现，发觉〔尤指无意中处于某状态或在做某事〕

After wandering around, we found ourselves back at the hotel.

闲逛一圈之后，我们不知不觉又回到了宾馆。

find yourself/your mind etc doing something

When he left, Karen found herself heaving a huge sigh of relief.

他走了，卡伦如释重负，长舒了一口气。

She tried to concentrate, but found her mind drifting back to Alex.

她想集中精神，但是发觉自己的思绪又飘回到了亚历克斯身上。

find (that)

He found he was shivering.

他发觉自己在发抖。

5 learn STH by study 通过研究了解某事FINDFIND OUT to discover or learn something by study, tests, sums etc 〔经研究、测试、计算等〕发现，找出，查明

The federal government isn’t doing enough to find a cure.

联邦政府寻找对策不力。

How do you find the square root of 20?

怎么计算20的平方根？

be found to do something

The liquid was found to contain 7.4g of phenylamine.

测得该液体中含有7.4克苯胺。

find that

His study found that married men and women had similar spending patterns.

他的研究发现，已婚男女的消费模式相似。

n Grammar

In more formal English, you say it was found that something was true:

It was found that over 50% of children had seen the ad.

6 think/feel 认为/感觉THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to have a particular feeling or opinion, or to have a particular feeling or opinion about someone or something 感到，觉得，认为

Will Gary and Gail find happiness together?

加里和盖尔在一起会幸福吗？

find something/somebody easy/useful/interesting etc

She found the work very dull.

她觉得这工作很无聊。

Lots of women I know find him attractive.

我认识的许多女性都认为他有魅力。

I found them quite easy to use.

我觉得它们很好用。

find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do something)

Hyperactive children find it difficult to concentrate.

多动的孩子觉得集中注意力很难。

7 experience 体验LEARN to have the experience of discovering that something happens or is true 发现〔某事发生或属实〕

find (that)

You might find that his work improves now he’s at a new school.

你可能会发现，他到了新学校，学习进步了。

I find people are often surprised at how little it costs.

我发现人们常常很惊讶于它竟那么便宜。

find somebody/something doing something

I think you’ll find more women entering the film business now.

我想你会发现越来越多的女性进入电影业。

find somebody/something to be something

I found the people to be charming and very friendly.

我发现那里的人可爱而且非常友好。

8 EXIST IN A PLACE 存在于某地be found somewhere if something is found somewhere, it lives or exists there naturally 生长在某处，存在于某地

This species is only found in West Africa.

这一物种仅见于西非。

Examples from the Corpus

be found somewhere• Whatever factors are suggested as to why people have bigger or smaller families, counterexamples can be found somewhere in the world.

9 get enough money/time etc 获得足够的钱/时间等ENOUGH to succeed in getting enough of something, especially money, time, or energy, to be able to do something 设法获得

He’s struggling to find the money for the trip.

他在努力筹措旅行的资金。

Where are we going to find the time, the support, and the resources to do all this?

我们到哪里去找时间和人力物力做这一切呢？

10 in a court of law 在法庭上 to make an official decision in a court of law 裁决，判决

find somebody guilty/not guilty (of something)

Both men were found guilty of illegally entering the country.

两名男子都被判定为非法入境。

find in somebody’s favour

The tribunal found in favour of the defendant.

特别法庭判被告胜诉。

11 find your way (somewhere) FINDto reach a place by discovering the right way to get there 找到（去某处的）路

Will you be able to find your way back?

你找得到回去的路吗？

Examples from the Corpus

find your way (somewhere)• Alternatively dirt and silt could find their way back into the pond.• As the sulphur finds its way into his lungs, he will become dizzy and nauseated.• The company said it would have been impossible to keep the new soybeans from finding their way into human food.• I go back, and this time I find my way into nondescript offices below ground where priests are transcribing notes.• In due course, these accounts found their way into print.• Corporate sponsorship ensures that far more money finds its way into sport than would otherwise be the case.• The ball should have been cleared long before it found its way on to Robert Lee's left boot.• You must learn to find your way through the menu maze before you can use the program efficiently.

12 find its way somewhere informalARRIVE if something finds its way somewhere, it arrives or gets there after some time 〔一段时间后〕（自然）到达

Her invention has found its way into the shops.

她的发明摆上了商店的柜台。

13 find comfort/pleasure/fulfilment etc in something FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto experience a good feeling because of something 在某事中找到安慰/快乐/满足等

He eventually found solace in religion.

他终于在宗教中找到了慰藉。

Examples from the Corpus

found solace in• He found solace in a bottle and unleashed a terrifying temper on his wife Patti.• After the two Penns parted company, the son found solace in a happy marriage to GuliGulielma Maria Springett.• Like others beset by misfortune, polio patients found solace in comparing themselves to others.• Clearly she had found solace in its silence and calm, silvery light.• Aunt Alicia found solace in the little Sara, as bubbly and zestful as her nephew had been.

14 find fault with somebody/something CRITICIZEto criticize someone or something, often unfairly and frequently 批评某人/某物，挑某人/某物的毛病

He could always find fault with something, either in my writing or in my personality.

他总能找出什么毛病来，不是我的文章就是我的性格。

Examples from the Corpus

find fault with somebody/something• It is easy to find fault with any programme for converting a planned economy back into a market one.• The sergeant seemed to find fault with everything Maddox did.• She always had to find fault with everything; she wouldn't have been our Mum else.• Alas, the critics were liable to miss the point or deliberately find fault with it.• It is not easy to find fault with Jimmy Connors' version of the backhand, is it?• In fact, the report seemed to find fault with Pollack for not having reported possible exposure to the virus.• He would not find fault with the falsehood.• But after the spectacle in Baghdad, it's harder to find fault with those who worry that they eventually might.• Only one investor found the nerve to find fault with what the vast majority considered to be an excellent performance in 1991.

15 find it in your heart/yourself to do something literary to feel able or willing to do something 感觉能做某事；愿意做某事

Seb could not find it in his heart to tell Nahum.

塞布不愿意告诉内厄姆。

Examples from the Corpus

find it in your heart/yourself to do something• For this alone, I may find it in my heart to forgive her.• He hoped the moon could find it in its heart to overlook his sins as it climbed the heavens.• To his grief, Donny's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again.

16 find yourself informalFIND OUT to discover what you are really like and what you want to do – often used humorously 发现自我〔常为幽默用法〕

She went to India to find herself.

她去印度寻找自我。

Examples from the Corpus

find yourself• She went to India to find herself.• It goes without saying that almost invariably the instances of animal behaviour that we find ourselves discussing involve adult creatures.• But one thing leads to another, and Sister Helen finds herself challenged to put her beliefs on the line.• And the other morning I found myself feeling guilty about something I'd said to some one about twenty years ago.• He has gone back through that door to find himself in 1963.• I found myself just doing things without even thinking about them - my fingers seemed to work away on their own.• Conclusion Most of the children who read this book find themselves quite liking Gowie Corby.• Organizations that make them often find themselves settling happily into the healthy habit of regular truth-telling.• Practically put, corn farmers would find themselves with unwanted inventories of output.

17 find favour (with somebody/something) formalAPPROVE to be liked or approved of by someone 得宠，受青睐（于某人/某事物）

The recipes rapidly found favour with restaurant owners.

这些食谱很快就受到了餐馆老板的青睐。

Examples from the Corpus

find favour (with somebody/something)• The argument which has found favour in certain of the authorities runs as follows.• Mosley resigned in May 1930, when these schemes did not find favour in government circles.• Porta caval shunt operations have not found favour in recent years because of the increased incidence of postoperative hepatic encephalopathy.• In this example it is difficult to know which of these arguments would find favour with a court.• Perhaps predictably, the proposals have not found favour with Gloucestershire County Council.• Official materials and guidelines do not always find favour with parents and governors.• Of course anything as scientific as a mechanical test has not always found favour with traditional craftsmen or indeed with business men.• Kureishi is pleased by the comparison, as he says Seth's haughty looks find favour with women.

18 find your feet USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto become confident in a new situation, especially one that is difficult at first 习惯新的环境〔尤指起初困难的环境〕

Rob is still finding his feet as a coach.

罗布当教练还在适应过程中。

Examples from the Corpus

find your feet• I asked Susie if I could stay with her till I found my feet.• We have to help them find their feet.• Susie said I could stay at her place for a while, just until I found my feet.• Lord Airlie also went out of his way to help me find my feet.• New teachers in their first year or so are still very much in the process of finding their feet.• But Cambridge found their feet and took an audacious lead.• If this means raising their chair, workers may find their feet are dangling.• It yielded after causing only moderate cranial discomfort, but as it did I found my feet caught up in something.• This organization's role is to help refugees find their feet when they arrive in the host country.• New democracies have been born, struggling against appalling odds to find their feet, with hyper-inflation and national rivalries.

19 find its mark/target SHOOT

a) if a bullet, arrow etc finds its mark etc, it hits what it is supposed to hit 〔子弹、箭等〕射中目标

b) if a remark, criticism etc finds its mark etc, it has the effect that you intended it to have 〔言论、批评等〕击中要害，达到目的

She soon saw that her accusation had found its mark.

她很快就看到，她的谴责达到了预期效果。

Examples from the Corpus

find its mark/target• I doubt whether it could have found its target but the very shape of it in my hands was reassuring.• But now their enmity found its target in the flesh.• It found its mark; one of the suitors fell dying to the floor.

20 find your voice SPEAK A LANGUAGE

a) (also find your tongue) to manage to say something after being too nervous to talk 〔紧张过后〕恢复说话能力

b) if a writer, musician etc finds their voice, they are able to express their views, ideas, art etc in the way they want to 〔作家、音乐家等〕能从心所欲表达自己的心声

a young film-maker who has finally found his voice

终于能表达自己心声的一位年轻的电影制作人

Examples from the Corpus

find your voice• For a moment she couldn't find her voice.• In the persistent silence only Dada found his voice.• But as soon as we had found our voice again, we were once more interrupted by visits from Berlin.• My granda found his voice among the living.• But though he first reacted by withdrawing, ultimately Scott found his voice and became a conservative leader on the Columbia campus.• As he found his voice, I too found mine.• As a composer Gurney found his voice in 1913/14 with the composition of Five Elizabethan Songs.

21 be found wanting formalGOOD ENOUGH to not be good enough 有欠缺之处

Their defence was found wanting.

他们的辩词有待改进。

Examples from the Corpus

be found wanting• The policy has been severely tested over the last 16 months and has been found wanting.• Both were confidently given and both were found wanting.• Faced with these twin assaults on his ego it was hardly surprising that many players were found wanting.• Improvements can be made in the light of performance and composers may discard or destroy compositions which are found wanting.• With the result that pure deduction is found wanting.• The toilets were found wanting as well.• When the match was found wanting, he was able to proceed to non-spherical planets, and so on.• It's a long time since Donegal were found wanting in so many key areas.• Until Nikos was found wanting Owen would continue to trust him.

22 find against somebody phrasal verbphr v law SCTto judge that someone is wrong or guilty 作出不利〔于某人〕的判决；判〔某人〕败诉

The inspectors are likely to find against the company.

检查人员可能会认为这家公司有问题。

Examples from the Corpus

find against • No better evidence could be found against classifying Kant as a typical thinker of the Enlightenment.• Even so, it was not long before the Court would find against every government and against the Commission.• But the magic, the youthful vigor, he found against Michael Chang was missing against Marc Rosset.• He acknowledges that if he finds against Mrs. McLoughlin the law of emotional injury will then be incoherent in principle.• The case went to the Supreme Court, which found against Rory Finegan at the end of July 1979.• If the court finds against the bank, its bosses might be replaced with central-bank appointees.• The defendants do not deny that the jury might find against them on this point.

23 find for somebody phrasal verbphr v law SCTto judge that someone is right or not guilty 作出有利〔于某人〕的判决；判〔某人〕胜诉

The judge found for the plaintiff.

法官判原告胜诉。

Examples from the Corpus

find for • However, in more rural counties, unleaded regular can still be found for $ 1. 19 a gallon.• Space would be found for a brand-new Tucson Museum of Art.• After all, in 1,189 densely-printed pages, space has not been found for a single illustration.• Exactly the same sort of behavior is found for an atom with a single p-level vacancy.• Sometimes brick tracery was used, sometimes the small quantity of stone needed was found for important buildings.• If the jury finds for Simpson, the case ends.• These arrangements will continue in respect of 1992/93 even if the House of Lords finds for the Crown.• Without it there's a chance that a buyer can be found for the new slimmed-down company.

24 find out phrasal verbphr v

a) FIND OUTto get information, after trying to discover it or by chance 查明，弄清；发现

find out who/what/how etc

Has anyone bothered to find out how much all this is going to cost?

有谁去了解清楚这一切要花多少钱了吗？

find out if/whether

Did you find out whether there are any seats left?

你弄清楚是否还有座位剩余了吗？

find out (that)

I found out that my parents had never been married.

我发现我的父母一直没有登记结婚。

find something ↔ out

To find out more, visit our website.

如欲了解详情，请访问我们的网站。

find out (something) about something

I need to find out more about these night courses.

我需要再了解一下这些夜校课程。

from

We could find out from the local council.

我们可以从当地市政会了解情况。

I thought it best to let you find out for yourself.

我想最好你自己去弄弄清楚。

In written English, people usually say that someone discovers something rather than finds out something: 在英语书面语中，人们一般用discover，不用find out

Scientists soon discovered that this was false.

科学家很快就发现这是错的。

b) find somebody outCATCH if you are found out, someone discovers that you have been doing something dishonest or illegal 发现某人〔做不诚实或违法之事〕 → catch

What happens if we get found out?

要是我们被查出来会怎么样？

n Grammar

Find out is usually passive in this meaning.

Examples from the Corpus

find out• You read her diary? Just make sure she never finds out!• "Do you have these shoes in size 8?" "I'm not sure - I'll just go and find out."• "John's been married twice." "How did you find that out?"• He just had to hope he'd get away with it and that nobody would find out.• It's a surprise party, so I don't want her to find out about it.• He's trying to find out about Japanese classes in the area.• Will you see if you can find anything out about Sandy?• It won't work. Someone's bound to find you out eventually.• She doesn't want people to find out her age.• "Did you find out her views on the subject?" "No, she wouldn't tell me."• Could you find out his address for me, please?• It was three months before my parents found out I'd been going out with Peter.• She found out that her husband was having an affair.• When we found out the price we were shocked.• He asked me to find out what your plans are after you leave.• Dad was really mad at me when he found out where I'd been.• Dad was furious when he found out where I was living.• I'll go and find out which platform the train leaves from.

find out for yourself• I do think there is something unique about the Soviet Union that I wish to find out for myself.• If you have healthy young children, observe them closely and see what you can find out for yourself.• They're allowed to do what they want and find out for themselves.• This they must find out for themselves.• Maybe she should have left her there to find out for herself, instead of bringing her to the hotel.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• But it took some time before I found out for myself what they were like.• She quelled an urge to race up the winding stairs and find out for herself what was going on.

THESAURUS

find to get or see something that you have been searching for 发现，找到〔寻找之物〕

Have you found your passport yet?

你找到护照了吗？

Police later found the car abandoned in a wood.

警方后来发现，那辆车被丢弃在树林里。

discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before 发现〔隐藏的或以前不知晓的事物〕

A second bomb has been discovered in south London.

第二枚炸弹在伦敦南部被人发现。

locate formal to find the exact position of something 定位，找出…的准确位置

The airline are still trying to locate my luggage.

航空公司仍在努力寻找我的行李。

nOnline maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world.

come across something to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it 偶然发现某物

I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer.

我偶然在抽屉里发现了几封父亲过去的来信。

stumble on/across something to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important 碰巧找到某物〔尤指极为重要之物〕

They may have stumbled across some vital evidence.

他们可能碰巧找到了一些极其重要的证据。

nCompletely by chance we had stumbled on the biggest hit of the year.

trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information 〔尤指通过仔细收集信息〕找到

She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter.

她已经完全放弃了找到失踪女儿的希望。

track somebody/something down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places 搜寻到某人/某物

I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print.

我一直在搜寻一本绝版书。

The police managed to track down the killer.

警方追踪到了凶犯。

unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it 挖掘出；发掘

In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound.

1796年，在墓冢附近出土了一块石刻。

Examples from the Corpus

find• I really need to find a better job.• Scientists still haven't found a cure for AIDS.• Medical researchers are determined to find a cure for cancer.• I have a better chance of winning the lottery than of finding a man to marry.• With over 30 million subscribers, the main problem is finding a username you might want.• I found a wallet full of cash and credit cards in the parking lot.• Jenny found an apartment in Brooklyn.• Your goal is to understand these natural tendencies and use your understanding to help her find better ways to cope.• Bodies up to 2,000 years old have been found buried in the peat bogs of central England.• It's crucial that we find cleaner ways of generating electricity.• The Blue Moon is easy to find: Get off Highway 78 at 23rd Avenue and go right.• Luis was gone, and she had no way of ever finding him again.• She said she found it shocking that low-level aides in the Clinton White House were allowed to handle such sensitive documents.• I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my sunglasses.• Zen made no attempt to find out what was showing.• The murder weapon was found outside the house.• It took us half an hour to find somewhere to park.• We try to find suppliers who still make these things.• In a recent survey, the IoD found that 43% of its female members were childless.• Researchers found that smokers were more likely to get depressed than non-smokers.• Did you manage to find the house without too much trouble?• He wasn't surprised to find the marsh blanketed in a thick fog.• If I can find the money, I'll come to the theatre with you.• I'd love to learn a foreign language, but I can't find the time right now.• I haven't found the time to read Morrison's latest novel yet.• One day in January 1950, following a presidential speech, the two found themselves in the same Capitol elevator.• Have you found your passport yet?

nowhere to be found• Amelia Otis's name is nowhere to be found.• He had been searching for Morthen, to protect her from his violent half-brother, but she was nowhere to be found.• Master Yehudi was nowhere to be found.• The prison director ordered a search, but the prisoner was nowhere to be found.• The third he put on clean on Thursday morning and it is nowhere to be found.• These were nowhere to be found.• Today he's nowhere to be found.• When a game was on the line, Carr was nowhere to be found.

find (that)• One thing I find about living in the big city is that people are more friendly than I expected.• I found I was really looking forward to going back to work.• This month, another family hopes to find justice in an execution.• I found myself looking into my own distorted face.• They can be found near the village of Martigne-Ferchaud, near Rennes, Brittany.• Pretty soon she found out she was pregnant.• I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton - apparently a delicacy.• Maybe she'd even find some one else, though I doubted it.• If Marie waits too long, she may find that even Arnold is no longer interested in her.• She's found that people aren't always eager for change.

find (that)• This month, another family hopes to find justice in an execution.• I found myself looking into my own distorted face.• They can be found near the village of Martigne-Ferchaud, near Rennes, Brittany.• Pretty soon she found out she was pregnant.• I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton - apparently a delicacy.• Maybe she'd even find some one else, though I doubted it.

find that• Researchers have found that 67% of all American mothers now work outside the home.• When the code was broken, it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid.• When he found that his theory exactly predicted the path of Mercury, he was beside himself with happiness for days.• They go from one set of arms to another, hoping to find that lasting union with the beloved.• Not finding that possible in the established routine of a firm practice, he retreated to academe.• When he inquired how much the boat cost, he found that the price was about $ 400.• They were disappointed to find that the seismic snapshots were too blurry to support those kinds of mental leaps.• In Belfast, however, we found that the three inner-city communities differed in the degree of focusing they exhibited.• And when they got back to their hotel, they found that their rooms had been burglarized.

find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do something)• As a small company of 15 boys we find it hard to make ends meet.• Cindy found it hard to help Robbie stay logical when he was getting fragmented.• Former lorry driver Leonard Marder finds it difficult to walk because of an infected leg caused by varicose veins.• He found it hard to believe, but she still seemed to trust him.• He took out a cigarette and lit it, finding it hard to look into her probing eyes.• Many heterosexuals find it hard to believe that a third of gay men in the seventies had over a thousand lifetime partners.• They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable.• Without such a merger, Palatine will find it difficult to grow and will ultimately decline.

find somebody/something to be something• Around Roscoff, Staiger found shell thicknesS to be associated with chromosome number.• Researchers have found the soil to be infested with around 500 grubs per square metre instead of the usual five or so.• Venetian porters weren t always easy to find and appeared to be octogenarians when you did find them.• The Presbyterians had found it easy to be patriots for many reasons.• Modern entrepreneurs often find meaningful work to be play.• He found this to be so in relation to line editor, amendment routines and dose codes.• She has always taken an interest in youth organisations and finds time to be treasurer of the West Bank Scouts movement.• We found them to be very determined and had one helping as a range officer.

find in somebody’s favour• The jury has found in my favour.

find2 noun [countableC]

1 a find FIND OUTsomething very good or useful that you discover by chance 〔偶然〕发现的好东西；〔有用的〕发现物

That restaurant was a real find!

那家餐厅真是个好地方！

2 something that someone finds, especially by digging or by searching under water 〔尤指通过挖掘或水下打捞找到的〕发现物

important archaeological finds

重大的考古发现

Examples from the Corpus

find• New finds and new technologies have brought more gold into the market.• That little Greek restaurant was a real find.• Archaeological sources Hardly a week goes by without a report in the press of some find of archaeological importance.• I reported the find to the landowner and then the Coroner, and subsequently an inquest was held on 13 December 1991.• They reported the find Wednesday in Nature magazine.• The find was announced by a Rutgers University team.• The old pine settle is another treasured find.

From Longman Business Dictionary

findfind /faɪnd/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp found /faʊnd/) [transitiveT]

1if you find work or employment, you get a job or some work. If you find someone to do a job, you employ them to do that job

Karenfound a job with a major travel company after she completed her course.

an assignment tofind a chief executivefor the American Council of Life Insurance

2to discover or learn something by study or RESEARCH

We found 36% of customers interviewed said they had to wait between five and 10 minutes to be served.

The survey found that these drivers were more likely to drive badly and break the law.

—findings noun [plural]

The findings show that 16 percent of students went on to take vocational or business courses.

Following the on-site inspection, the findings are analysed and the surveyor prepares a written report.

3LAW if someone ACCUSED of a crime is found guilty or innocent, a court of law decides that they are guilty or innocent of that crime

be found guilty/innocent of something

All the senior executives were found guilty of conspiring to mislead the markets during the £837 million Blue Arrow rights issue.

4find for/against somebodyLAW to decide in a court of law whether someone is innocent or guilty of a crime

The Board of Review allowed the taxpayer’s appeal, but the High Court found for the Commissioner.

If the court finds against the bank, its bosses might be replaced with central-bank appointees.

—finding noun [countableC usually plural]

Accountants inevitably greeted the court’s finding with some concern.

If the appellant is dissatisfied with the findings of the Appeal Committee, he may seek judicial review of the decision in the courts.

5COMPUTINGif you find a computer file, you bring it up on your screen so that you can read it or write in it

Windows lets you find a file without having to remember which program you were using when you created it.

6informal if you find an amount of money, you have enough money to allow you to do something

The first-time buyer has to find a deposit of 5% or more of the property price.

Origin find1

Old English findan

→n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1 →THESAURUS1find2 noun

单词	find
释义	find Word family adjectivefindablenounfinderfindingverbfind find1 /faɪnd/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp found /faʊnd/) [transitiveT] 1 get by searching 通过搜寻得到FIND to discover, see, or get something that you have been searching for 发现，找到〔一直在寻找之物〕 I can’t find the car keys. 我找不到汽车钥匙。 Hold on while I find a pen. 别挂电话，我找支笔。 Her body was later found hidden in the bushes. 后来有人发现她的尸体被藏在了灌木丛里。 I have to find somewhere else to live. 我得另找住处。 She had almost given up hope of finding a husband. 她差不多要放弃找个丈夫的希望了。 find somebody something Tony asked us to find him office facilities in New York. 托尼要我们替他在纽约找个办公地点。 Her mother went to the shops, and on her return, Kathleen was nowhere to be found (=could not be found). 妈妈去买东西，回来的时候凯思琳找不到了。 2 see by chance 碰巧看见FIND to discover something by chance, especially something useful or interesting 〔意外〕碰见〔尤指有用或有意思的东西〕 I found a purse in the street. 我在大街上捡到一只皮夹子。 We found a nice pub near the hotel. 我们在宾馆附近发现一家不错的酒吧。 3 discover state of SB/STH 发现某人/某物的状态FIND OUT to discover that someone or something is in a particular condition or doing a particular thing when you see or touch them 发现〔某人或某物处在某状态或在做某事〕 I’m sure we’ll find her hard at work when we get home. 我确信我们到家时会发现她在努力用功。 He tried the door and found it unlocked. 他推了推门，发现没锁。 She woke to find a man by her bed. 她醒来时发现床边有个男人。 find somebody/something doing something Often he found her quietly weeping alone. 他常常发现她独自默默流泪。 find (that) She looked at her glass and was amazed to find it was empty. 她看了一眼自己的杯子，惊奇地发现里面空了。 4 do STH without meaning to 不是有意做某事FIND OUT to be in a particular state or do a particular thing, or to realize that this is happening, especially when you did not expect or intend it 发现，发觉〔尤指无意中处于某状态或在做某事〕 After wandering around, we found ourselves back at the hotel. 闲逛一圈之后，我们不知不觉又回到了宾馆。 find yourself/your mind etc doing something When he left, Karen found herself heaving a huge sigh of relief. 他走了，卡伦如释重负，长舒了一口气。 She tried to concentrate, but found her mind drifting back to Alex. 她想集中精神，但是发觉自己的思绪又飘回到了亚历克斯身上。 find (that) He found he was shivering. 他发觉自己在发抖。 5 learn STH by study 通过研究了解某事FINDFIND OUT to discover or learn something by study, tests, sums etc 〔经研究、测试、计算等〕发现，找出，查明 The federal government isn’t doing enough to find a cure. 联邦政府寻找对策不力。 How do you find the square root of 20? 怎么计算20的平方根？ be found to do something The liquid was found to contain 7.4g of phenylamine. 测得该液体中含有7.4克苯胺。 find that His study found that married men and women had similar spending patterns. 他的研究发现，已婚男女的消费模式相似。 n Grammar In more formal English, you say it was found that something was true: It was found that over 50% of children had seen the ad. 6 think/feel 认为/感觉THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to have a particular feeling or opinion, or to have a particular feeling or opinion about someone or something 感到，觉得，认为 Will Gary and Gail find happiness together? 加里和盖尔在一起会幸福吗？ find something/somebody easy/useful/interesting etc She found the work very dull. 她觉得这工作很无聊。 Lots of women I know find him attractive. 我认识的许多女性都认为他有魅力。 I found them quite easy to use. 我觉得它们很好用。 find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do something) Hyperactive children find it difficult to concentrate. 多动的孩子觉得集中注意力很难。 7 experience 体验LEARN to have the experience of discovering that something happens or is true 发现〔某事发生或属实〕 find (that) You might find that his work improves now he’s at a new school. 你可能会发现，他到了新学校，学习进步了。 I find people are often surprised at how little it costs. 我发现人们常常很惊讶于它竟那么便宜。 find somebody/something doing something I think you’ll find more women entering the film business now. 我想你会发现越来越多的女性进入电影业。 find somebody/something to be something I found the people to be charming and very friendly. 我发现那里的人可爱而且非常友好。 8 EXIST IN A PLACE 存在于某地be found somewhere if something is found somewhere, it lives or exists there naturally 生长在某处，存在于某地 This species is only found in West Africa. 这一物种仅见于西非。 Examples from the Corpus be found somewhere• Whatever factors are suggested as to why people have bigger or smaller families, counterexamples can be found somewhere in the world. 9 get enough money/time etc 获得足够的钱/时间等ENOUGH to succeed in getting enough of something, especially money, time, or energy, to be able to do something 设法获得 He’s struggling to find the money for the trip. 他在努力筹措旅行的资金。 Where are we going to find the time, the support, and the resources to do all this? 我们到哪里去找时间和人力物力做这一切呢？ 10 in a court of law 在法庭上 to make an official decision in a court of law 裁决，判决 find somebody guilty/not guilty (of something) Both men were found guilty of illegally entering the country. 两名男子都被判定为非法入境。 find in somebody’s favour The tribunal found in favour of the defendant. 特别法庭判被告胜诉。 11 find your way (somewhere) FINDto reach a place by discovering the right way to get there 找到（去某处的）路 Will you be able to find your way back? 你找得到回去的路吗？ Examples from the Corpus find your way (somewhere)• Alternatively dirt and silt could find their way back into the pond.• As the sulphur finds its way into his lungs, he will become dizzy and nauseated.• The company said it would have been impossible to keep the new soybeans from finding their way into human food.• I go back, and this time I find my way into nondescript offices below ground where priests are transcribing notes.• In due course, these accounts found their way into print.• Corporate sponsorship ensures that far more money finds its way into sport than would otherwise be the case.• The ball should have been cleared long before it found its way on to Robert Lee's left boot.• You must learn to find your way through the menu maze before you can use the program efficiently. 12 find its way somewhere informalARRIVE if something finds its way somewhere, it arrives or gets there after some time 〔一段时间后〕（自然）到达 Her invention has found its way into the shops. 她的发明摆上了商店的柜台。 13 find comfort/pleasure/fulfilment etc in something FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto experience a good feeling because of something 在某事中找到安慰/快乐/满足等 He eventually found solace in religion. 他终于在宗教中找到了慰藉。 Examples from the Corpus found solace in• He found solace in a bottle and unleashed a terrifying temper on his wife Patti.• After the two Penns parted company, the son found solace in a happy marriage to GuliGulielma Maria Springett.• Like others beset by misfortune, polio patients found solace in comparing themselves to others.• Clearly she had found solace in its silence and calm, silvery light.• Aunt Alicia found solace in the little Sara, as bubbly and zestful as her nephew had been. 14 find fault with somebody/something CRITICIZEto criticize someone or something, often unfairly and frequently 批评某人/某物，挑某人/某物的毛病 He could always find fault with something, either in my writing or in my personality. 他总能找出什么毛病来，不是我的文章就是我的性格。 Examples from the Corpus find fault with somebody/something• It is easy to find fault with any programme for converting a planned economy back into a market one.• The sergeant seemed to find fault with everything Maddox did.• She always had to find fault with everything; she wouldn't have been our Mum else.• Alas, the critics were liable to miss the point or deliberately find fault with it.• It is not easy to find fault with Jimmy Connors' version of the backhand, is it?• In fact, the report seemed to find fault with Pollack for not having reported possible exposure to the virus.• He would not find fault with the falsehood.• But after the spectacle in Baghdad, it's harder to find fault with those who worry that they eventually might.• Only one investor found the nerve to find fault with what the vast majority considered to be an excellent performance in 1991. 15 find it in your heart/yourself to do something literary to feel able or willing to do something 感觉能做某事；愿意做某事 Seb could not find it in his heart to tell Nahum. 塞布不愿意告诉内厄姆。 Examples from the Corpus find it in your heart/yourself to do something• For this alone, I may find it in my heart to forgive her.• He hoped the moon could find it in its heart to overlook his sins as it climbed the heavens.• To his grief, Donny's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again. 16 find yourself informalFIND OUT to discover what you are really like and what you want to do – often used humorously 发现自我〔常为幽默用法〕 She went to India to find herself. 她去印度寻找自我。 Examples from the Corpus find yourself• She went to India to find herself.• It goes without saying that almost invariably the instances of animal behaviour that we find ourselves discussing involve adult creatures.• But one thing leads to another, and Sister Helen finds herself challenged to put her beliefs on the line.• And the other morning I found myself feeling guilty about something I'd said to some one about twenty years ago.• He has gone back through that door to find himself in 1963.• I found myself just doing things without even thinking about them - my fingers seemed to work away on their own.• Conclusion Most of the children who read this book find themselves quite liking Gowie Corby.• Organizations that make them often find themselves settling happily into the healthy habit of regular truth-telling.• Practically put, corn farmers would find themselves with unwanted inventories of output. 17 find favour (with somebody/something) formalAPPROVE to be liked or approved of by someone 得宠，受青睐（于某人/某事物） The recipes rapidly found favour with restaurant owners. 这些食谱很快就受到了餐馆老板的青睐。 Examples from the Corpus find favour (with somebody/something)• The argument which has found favour in certain of the authorities runs as follows.• Mosley resigned in May 1930, when these schemes did not find favour in government circles.• Porta caval shunt operations have not found favour in recent years because of the increased incidence of postoperative hepatic encephalopathy.• In this example it is difficult to know which of these arguments would find favour with a court.• Perhaps predictably, the proposals have not found favour with Gloucestershire County Council.• Official materials and guidelines do not always find favour with parents and governors.• Of course anything as scientific as a mechanical test has not always found favour with traditional craftsmen or indeed with business men.• Kureishi is pleased by the comparison, as he says Seth's haughty looks find favour with women. 18 find your feet USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto become confident in a new situation, especially one that is difficult at first 习惯新的环境〔尤指起初困难的环境〕 Rob is still finding his feet as a coach. 罗布当教练还在适应过程中。 Examples from the Corpus find your feet• I asked Susie if I could stay with her till I found my feet.• We have to help them find their feet.• Susie said I could stay at her place for a while, just until I found my feet.• Lord Airlie also went out of his way to help me find my feet.• New teachers in their first year or so are still very much in the process of finding their feet.• But Cambridge found their feet and took an audacious lead.• If this means raising their chair, workers may find their feet are dangling.• It yielded after causing only moderate cranial discomfort, but as it did I found my feet caught up in something.• This organization's role is to help refugees find their feet when they arrive in the host country.• New democracies have been born, struggling against appalling odds to find their feet, with hyper-inflation and national rivalries. 19 find its mark/target SHOOT a) if a bullet, arrow etc finds its mark etc, it hits what it is supposed to hit 〔子弹、箭等〕射中目标 b) if a remark, criticism etc finds its mark etc, it has the effect that you intended it to have 〔言论、批评等〕击中要害，达到目的 She soon saw that her accusation had found its mark. 她很快就看到，她的谴责达到了预期效果。 Examples from the Corpus find its mark/target• I doubt whether it could have found its target but the very shape of it in my hands was reassuring.• But now their enmity found its target in the flesh.• It found its mark; one of the suitors fell dying to the floor. 20 find your voice SPEAK A LANGUAGE a) (also find your tongue) to manage to say something after being too nervous to talk 〔紧张过后〕恢复说话能力 b) if a writer, musician etc finds their voice, they are able to express their views, ideas, art etc in the way they want to 〔作家、音乐家等〕能从心所欲表达自己的心声 a young film-maker who has finally found his voice 终于能表达自己心声的一位年轻的电影制作人 Examples from the Corpus find your voice• For a moment she couldn't find her voice.• In the persistent silence only Dada found his voice.• But as soon as we had found our voice again, we were once more interrupted by visits from Berlin.• My granda found his voice among the living.• But though he first reacted by withdrawing, ultimately Scott found his voice and became a conservative leader on the Columbia campus.• As he found his voice, I too found mine.• As a composer Gurney found his voice in 1913/14 with the composition of Five Elizabethan Songs. 21 be found wanting formalGOOD ENOUGH to not be good enough 有欠缺之处 Their defence was found wanting. 他们的辩词有待改进。 Examples from the Corpus be found wanting• The policy has been severely tested over the last 16 months and has been found wanting.• Both were confidently given and both were found wanting.• Faced with these twin assaults on his ego it was hardly surprising that many players were found wanting.• Improvements can be made in the light of performance and composers may discard or destroy compositions which are found wanting.• With the result that pure deduction is found wanting.• The toilets were found wanting as well.• When the match was found wanting, he was able to proceed to non-spherical planets, and so on.• It's a long time since Donegal were found wanting in so many key areas.• Until Nikos was found wanting Owen would continue to trust him. 22 find against somebody phrasal verbphr v law SCTto judge that someone is wrong or guilty 作出不利〔于某人〕的判决；判〔某人〕败诉 The inspectors are likely to find against the company. 检查人员可能会认为这家公司有问题。 Examples from the Corpus find against • No better evidence could be found against classifying Kant as a typical thinker of the Enlightenment.• Even so, it was not long before the Court would find against every government and against the Commission.• But the magic, the youthful vigor, he found against Michael Chang was missing against Marc Rosset.• He acknowledges that if he finds against Mrs. McLoughlin the law of emotional injury will then be incoherent in principle.• The case went to the Supreme Court, which found against Rory Finegan at the end of July 1979.• If the court finds against the bank, its bosses might be replaced with central-bank appointees.• The defendants do not deny that the jury might find against them on this point. 23 find for somebody phrasal verbphr v law SCTto judge that someone is right or not guilty 作出有利〔于某人〕的判决；判〔某人〕胜诉 The judge found for the plaintiff. 法官判原告胜诉。 Examples from the Corpus find for • However, in more rural counties, unleaded regular can still be found for $ 1. 19 a gallon.• Space would be found for a brand-new Tucson Museum of Art.• After all, in 1,189 densely-printed pages, space has not been found for a single illustration.• Exactly the same sort of behavior is found for an atom with a single p-level vacancy.• Sometimes brick tracery was used, sometimes the small quantity of stone needed was found for important buildings.• If the jury finds for Simpson, the case ends.• These arrangements will continue in respect of 1992/93 even if the House of Lords finds for the Crown.• Without it there's a chance that a buyer can be found for the new slimmed-down company. 24 find out phrasal verbphr v a) FIND OUTto get information, after trying to discover it or by chance 查明，弄清；发现 find out who/what/how etc Has anyone bothered to find out how much all this is going to cost? 有谁去了解清楚这一切要花多少钱了吗？ find out if/whether Did you find out whether there are any seats left? 你弄清楚是否还有座位剩余了吗？ find out (that) I found out that my parents had never been married. 我发现我的父母一直没有登记结婚。 find something ↔ out To find out more, visit our website. 如欲了解详情，请访问我们的网站。 find out (something) about something I need to find out more about these night courses. 我需要再了解一下这些夜校课程。 from We could find out from the local council. 我们可以从当地市政会了解情况。 I thought it best to let you find out for yourself. 我想最好你自己去弄弄清楚。 Register In written English, people usually say that someone discovers something rather than finds out something: 在英语书面语中，人们一般用discover，不用find out Scientists soon discovered that this was false. 科学家很快就发现这是错的。 b) find somebody outCATCH if you are found out, someone discovers that you have been doing something dishonest or illegal 发现某人〔做不诚实或违法之事〕 → catch What happens if we get found out? 要是我们被查出来会怎么样？ n Grammar Find out is usually passive in this meaning. Examples from the Corpus find out• You read her diary? Just make sure she never finds out!• "Do you have these shoes in size 8?" "I'm not sure - I'll just go and find out."• "John's been married twice." "How did you find that out?"• He just had to hope he'd get away with it and that nobody would find out.• It's a surprise party, so I don't want her to find out about it.• He's trying to find out about Japanese classes in the area.• Will you see if you can find anything out about Sandy?• It won't work. Someone's bound to find you out eventually.• She doesn't want people to find out her age.• "Did you find out her views on the subject?" "No, she wouldn't tell me."• Could you find out his address for me, please?• It was three months before my parents found out I'd been going out with Peter.• She found out that her husband was having an affair.• When we found out the price we were shocked.• He asked me to find out what your plans are after you leave.• Dad was really mad at me when he found out where I'd been.• Dad was furious when he found out where I was living.• I'll go and find out which platform the train leaves from. find out for yourself• I do think there is something unique about the Soviet Union that I wish to find out for myself.• If you have healthy young children, observe them closely and see what you can find out for yourself.• They're allowed to do what they want and find out for themselves.• This they must find out for themselves.• Maybe she should have left her there to find out for herself, instead of bringing her to the hotel.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• But it took some time before I found out for myself what they were like.• She quelled an urge to race up the winding stairs and find out for herself what was going on. THESAURUS find to get or see something that you have been searching for 发现，找到〔寻找之物〕 Have you found your passport yet? 你找到护照了吗？ Police later found the car abandoned in a wood. 警方后来发现，那辆车被丢弃在树林里。 discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before 发现〔隐藏的或以前不知晓的事物〕 A second bomb has been discovered in south London. 第二枚炸弹在伦敦南部被人发现。 locate formal to find the exact position of something 定位，找出…的准确位置 The airline are still trying to locate my luggage. 航空公司仍在努力寻找我的行李。 nOnline maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world. come across something to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it 偶然发现某物 I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer. 我偶然在抽屉里发现了几封父亲过去的来信。 stumble on/across something to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important 碰巧找到某物〔尤指极为重要之物〕 They may have stumbled across some vital evidence. 他们可能碰巧找到了一些极其重要的证据。 nCompletely by chance we had stumbled on the biggest hit of the year. trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information 〔尤指通过仔细收集信息〕找到 She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter. 她已经完全放弃了找到失踪女儿的希望。 track somebody/something down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places 搜寻到某人/某物 I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print. 我一直在搜寻一本绝版书。 The police managed to track down the killer. 警方追踪到了凶犯。 unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it 挖掘出；发掘 In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound. 1796年，在墓冢附近出土了一块石刻。 Examples from the Corpus find• I really need to find a better job.• Scientists still haven't found a cure for AIDS.• Medical researchers are determined to find a cure for cancer.• I have a better chance of winning the lottery than of finding a man to marry.• With over 30 million subscribers, the main problem is finding a username you might want.• I found a wallet full of cash and credit cards in the parking lot.• Jenny found an apartment in Brooklyn.• Your goal is to understand these natural tendencies and use your understanding to help her find better ways to cope.• Bodies up to 2,000 years old have been found buried in the peat bogs of central England.• It's crucial that we find cleaner ways of generating electricity.• The Blue Moon is easy to find: Get off Highway 78 at 23rd Avenue and go right.• Luis was gone, and she had no way of ever finding him again.• She said she found it shocking that low-level aides in the Clinton White House were allowed to handle such sensitive documents.• I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my sunglasses.• Zen made no attempt to find out what was showing.• The murder weapon was found outside the house.• It took us half an hour to find somewhere to park.• We try to find suppliers who still make these things.• In a recent survey, the IoD found that 43% of its female members were childless.• Researchers found that smokers were more likely to get depressed than non-smokers.• Did you manage to find the house without too much trouble?• He wasn't surprised to find the marsh blanketed in a thick fog.• If I can find the money, I'll come to the theatre with you.• I'd love to learn a foreign language, but I can't find the time right now.• I haven't found the time to read Morrison's latest novel yet.• One day in January 1950, following a presidential speech, the two found themselves in the same Capitol elevator.• Have you found your passport yet? nowhere to be found• Amelia Otis's name is nowhere to be found.• He had been searching for Morthen, to protect her from his violent half-brother, but she was nowhere to be found.• Master Yehudi was nowhere to be found.• The prison director ordered a search, but the prisoner was nowhere to be found.• The third he put on clean on Thursday morning and it is nowhere to be found.• These were nowhere to be found.• Today he's nowhere to be found.• When a game was on the line, Carr was nowhere to be found. find (that)• One thing I find about living in the big city is that people are more friendly than I expected.• I found I was really looking forward to going back to work.• This month, another family hopes to find justice in an execution.• I found myself looking into my own distorted face.• They can be found near the village of Martigne-Ferchaud, near Rennes, Brittany.• Pretty soon she found out she was pregnant.• I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton - apparently a delicacy.• Maybe she'd even find some one else, though I doubted it.• If Marie waits too long, she may find that even Arnold is no longer interested in her.• She's found that people aren't always eager for change. find (that)• This month, another family hopes to find justice in an execution.• I found myself looking into my own distorted face.• They can be found near the village of Martigne-Ferchaud, near Rennes, Brittany.• Pretty soon she found out she was pregnant.• I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton - apparently a delicacy.• Maybe she'd even find some one else, though I doubted it. find that• Researchers have found that 67% of all American mothers now work outside the home.• When the code was broken, it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid.• When he found that his theory exactly predicted the path of Mercury, he was beside himself with happiness for days.• They go from one set of arms to another, hoping to find that lasting union with the beloved.• Not finding that possible in the established routine of a firm practice, he retreated to academe.• When he inquired how much the boat cost, he found that the price was about $ 400.• They were disappointed to find that the seismic snapshots were too blurry to support those kinds of mental leaps.• In Belfast, however, we found that the three inner-city communities differed in the degree of focusing they exhibited.• And when they got back to their hotel, they found that their rooms had been burglarized. find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do something)• As a small company of 15 boys we find it hard to make ends meet.• Cindy found it hard to help Robbie stay logical when he was getting fragmented.• Former lorry driver Leonard Marder finds it difficult to walk because of an infected leg caused by varicose veins.• He found it hard to believe, but she still seemed to trust him.• He took out a cigarette and lit it, finding it hard to look into her probing eyes.• Many heterosexuals find it hard to believe that a third of gay men in the seventies had over a thousand lifetime partners.• They were finding it hard to make ends meet and life had become very miserable.• Without such a merger, Palatine will find it difficult to grow and will ultimately decline. find somebody/something to be something• Around Roscoff, Staiger found shell thicknesS to be associated with chromosome number.• Researchers have found the soil to be infested with around 500 grubs per square metre instead of the usual five or so.• Venetian porters weren t always easy to find and appeared to be octogenarians when you did find them.• The Presbyterians had found it easy to be patriots for many reasons.• Modern entrepreneurs often find meaningful work to be play.• He found this to be so in relation to line editor, amendment routines and dose codes.• She has always taken an interest in youth organisations and finds time to be treasurer of the West Bank Scouts movement.• We found them to be very determined and had one helping as a range officer. find in somebody’s favour• The jury has found in my favour. find2 ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 a find FIND OUTsomething very good or useful that you discover by chance 〔偶然〕发现的好东西；〔有用的〕发现物 That restaurant was a real find! 那家餐厅真是个好地方！ 2 something that someone finds, especially by digging or by searching under water 〔尤指通过挖掘或水下打捞找到的〕发现物 important archaeological finds 重大的考古发现 Examples from the Corpus find• New finds and new technologies have brought more gold into the market.• That little Greek restaurant was a real find.• Archaeological sources Hardly a week goes by without a report in the press of some find of archaeological importance.• I reported the find to the landowner and then the Coroner, and subsequently an inquest was held on 13 December 1991.• They reported the find Wednesday in Nature magazine.• The find was announced by a Rutgers University team.• The old pine settle is another treasured find. From Longman Business Dictionary findfind /faɪnd/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp found /faʊnd/) [transitiveT] 1if you find work or employment, you get a job or some work. If you find someone to do a job, you employ them to do that job Karenfound a job with a major travel company after she completed her course. an assignment tofind a chief executivefor the American Council of Life Insurance 2to discover or learn something by study or RESEARCH We found 36% of customers interviewed said they had to wait between five and 10 minutes to be served. The survey found that these drivers were more likely to drive badly and break the law. —findings noun [plural] The findings show that 16 percent of students went on to take vocational or business courses. Following the on-site inspection, the findings are analysed and the surveyor prepares a written report. 3LAW if someone ACCUSED of a crime is found guilty or innocent, a court of law decides that they are guilty or innocent of that crime be found guilty/innocent of something All the senior executives were found guilty of conspiring to mislead the markets during the £837 million Blue Arrow rights issue. 4find for/against somebodyLAW to decide in a court of law whether someone is innocent or guilty of a crime The Board of Review allowed the taxpayer’s appeal, but the High Court found for the Commissioner. If the court finds against the bank, its bosses might be replaced with central-bank appointees. —finding noun [countableC usually plural] Accountants inevitably greeted the court’s finding with some concern. If the appellant is dissatisfied with the findings of the Appeal Committee, he may seek judicial review of the decision in the courts. 5COMPUTINGif you find a computer file, you bring it up on your screen so that you can read it or write in it Windows lets you find a file without having to remember which program you were using when you created it. 6informal if you find an amount of money, you have enough money to allow you to do something The first-time buyer has to find a deposit of 5% or more of the property price. Origin find1 Old English findan →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1 →THESAURUS1find2 noun
随便看	voluminousness voluminousnesses voluntaries voluntarily voluntarily voluntariness voluntary voluntary euthanasia society voluntary-euthanasia-society Voluntary Euthanasia Society, the voluntary-service-overseas Voluntary Service Overseas volunteer volunteered volunteering volunteers volunteers-of-america Volunteers of America voluntourism voluntourist voluptuaries voluptuary voluptuous voluptuously voluptuousness