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| 1 | to discover something or see where it is by searching for it 发现；找到 |
| Police have found a weapon. 警察发现了一件武器。 |
| Illegal drugs were found in the singer’ s luggage. 在这位歌手的行李中发现了违禁药物。 |
| I can’ t find my shoes! 我找不到鞋了！ |
| | 1a | to discover something by chance （偶然）发现 | | Everyone dreams of finding a valuable old painting in the attic. 大家都梦想着在阁楼里会发现一幅值钱的古画。 | | I found a ten pound note on the pavement! 我在人行道上捡到了一张面值10英镑的钞票！ | |
| | 1b | to discover or notice something 发现；注意到 | | We arrived to find the house in darkness. 我们赶到时发现房子里一片漆黑。 | | find sb doing sth I found her wandering the streets in a complete daze. 我发现她恍恍惚惚地在街上游荡。 | |
| | 1c | to discover a fact or piece of information 找到，查明（事实或信息） | | We hope to find the answers to some of these questions. 我们希望找到其中一些问题的答案。 | | No explanation for this phenomenon has yet been found. 这一现象还没有找到合理的解释。 | |
| | 1d | to suddenly discover or realize something 突然发现；突然发觉 | | +(that) I put my hand into my pocket and found I’ d left my keys at home. 我把手伸进衣兜，突然发现把钥匙忘在家里了。 | |
| | 1e | if something is found in a particular place , it lives , grows, or exists there 生长；存在；有 | | a rare flower found only in the French Alps 一种只在法国境内阿尔卑斯山中生长的稀有花卉 | | The lowest rates of smoking are found in people aged over 60. 人们发现60岁以上的人群吸烟率最低。 | | Specialist foods can be found at your local delicatessen. 在你们当地的熟食店可以买到特色食品。 | |
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| 2 | to get something 找到；得到 |
| Have you found accommodation yet? 你找到住的地方了吗？ |
| find work/employment/a job It is very difficult for young people in this area to find work. 这个地区的年轻人很难找到工作。 |
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| 3 | to experience an emotion that you have not experienced in the past 感到；觉得 |
| He found happiness late in life with his second wife. 他晚年和第2任妻子生活在一起感到很幸福。 |
| Doug finally found the courage to speak. 道格终于鼓起勇气开口说话了。 |
| | 3a | to experience something in a particular way 觉得 | | find sth difficult/frightening/relaxing etc William now finds walking very difficult. 威廉现在觉得走路很困难。 | | find sb attractive/irritating etc Men always found her extremely attractive. 男人们总是觉得她特别有魅力。 | |
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| 4 | to have something as an opinion because of things you have noticed or experienced yourself 认为；发觉 |
| +(that) I find that children need a lot of encouragement. 我发觉孩子们需要多加鼓励。 |
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| 5 | to make a formal decision about something after listening to all the facts 裁决；判决；判定 |
| +(that) The court found that the company was in breach of its contract. 法庭裁决该公司违反了合同。 |
| find sb guilty/not guilty He was found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison. 他被裁定有罪，判了3年监禁。 |
| find in sb’ s favour (=decide that someone is right) The industrial tribunal found in our favour. 作出有利于某人的裁决 |
| find against sb (=decide that someone is wrong) The court found against the plaintiff. 作出不利于某人的裁决 |
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| 6 | if you find the time or money to do something , you have enough time or money to do it 有，找到（时间或金钱做某事） |
| We’ ve got to find an extra £200 by Friday. 我们星期五之前必须再弄到200英镑。 |
| I never seem to find the time to read these days. 最近我似乎没有时间读书了。 |
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| - | find its way
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| if something finds its way somewhere , it is in that place but you do not know how it arrived there |
| （莫名其妙地）到达，出现 |
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| Somehow the letter had found its way onto my boss’ s desk. 这封信不知怎么搞的竟到了我老板的办公桌上。 |
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| - | find your feet
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| to start to feel confident and able to deal with something |
| 开始有信心（处理某事） |
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| - | find yourself somewhere
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| to realize that you are in a place or doing something without really intending or planning to |
| （不知不觉中）发现自己到达某处，发现自己在做某事 |
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| Later that evening I found myself back at Jason’ s flat. 那天晚上晚些时候，我发现自己回到了贾森的公寓。 |
| I found myself agreeing with everything she said. 我发现自己同意她所说的一切。 |
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| if you find your way somewhere , you manage to get to that place |
| 设法到达 |
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| She managed to find her way home. 她设法回到了家。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌfind ˈout |
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| 1 | I/T to discover a fact or piece of information 发现，查明，弄清（事实或信息） | We may never find out the truth about what happened. 我们也许永远无法弄清发生了什么事。 | | +who/what/why The police are determined to find out who killed Louise. 警方决心查明是谁杀害了路易丝。 | | +(that) Her parents found out that she had a boyfriend. 她父母发现她有了男朋友。 | | +about I don’ t want anyone else to find out about this. 我不想让其他任何人发现这件事。 | |
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| 2 | T find sb out: to discover that someone has been dishonest or deceitful 发现，查出（某人不诚实或欺骗他人） | It was only a matter of time before someone found him out. 他被人发现只是个时间问题。 | |
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