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search (obj)HsV:t, $sV:rtvto look (somewhere) carefully in order to find something搜查，搜索The police failed to find any evidence when they searched the office. [T]警察搜索了办公室时没有发现任何证据。I've been searching all day, but I can't find my ring anywhere. [I]我一整天到处寻找我的戒指，但哪儿也找不到。This computer programme is able to search text for spelling mistakes. [T]这一计算机程序可以搜索出文章中的拼写错误。He searched (in/through) his pockets for some change. [T; I + prep]他找遍每个口袋，想发现零钱。The police are searching the woods for the missing child. [T]警察在树林里寻找失踪的孩子。She searched his face for some sign of forgiveness, but it remained expressionless. [T]她仔细端详，想从他的脸上看出一些原谅的表示，但他脸上仍然没有表情。I've searched high and low (= everywhere), but I can't find my birth certificate. [I]我到处寻找，仍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. [T]侦探在屋子里到处搜寻，仍没有找到被偷的东西的痕迹。A police officer who searches you or your possessions looks for something you might be hiding.搜身，搜查They were searched for guns and then released. [T]他们被搜身看是否藏有枪支，然后被释放了。If you search out something or someone, you find them after searching.搜寻后找到Despite the warm weather we managed to search some snow out and do some skiing. [M]虽然天气暖和了，我们仍设法找到了一些雪地以供滑雪之用。I searched out several old school friends by putting adverts in a newspaper. [M]我在报纸上登了寻人启事，终于找到了我学生时代的几个老友。(fig.) She searched her mind/memory for (= tried to remember) the man's name, but she couldn't remember it. [T]她拼命回忆想记起这个男人的名字，但怎么也想不起来了。(fig.) Search your heart/conscience (= think honestly) and ask yourself whether you are really doing as much as you could to help the poor. [T]你扪心自问一下，是否真的已经竭尽全力帮助穷人了。(fig. fml) People who are searching after (= trying to obtain by mental effort) inner peace sometimes turn to religion. [I]那些想要寻找内心平安的人有时投向宗教。(infml) "Where's Jack?" "Search me! (= I don't know!)"“杰克在哪里？”“我根本不知道。”
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