locate
/ləʊˈkeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- discover the exact place or position of给…定位, 找到…的确切位置：
engineers were working to locate the fault.
工程师们正努力寻找问题所在。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial of place（常作be located）situate in a particular place位于：
these popular apartments are centrally located.
这些抢手的住宅都位于中心地带。
1.2
- with obj. and adverbial place within a particular context将…置于某种具体环境中（加以考虑）, 结合（或根据）某种具体情况（予以考虑）：
they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation.
他们根据财富创造的情况制定自己的政策。
1.3
- no obj., with adverbial of place N. Amer. establish oneself or one's business in a specified place〈北美〉在某地确立本人地位或事业; 在某地开业：
his marketing strategy has been to locate in small towns.
他的营销策略以小城镇为目标。
派生词
locatable
adjective词源
early 16th cent.: from Latin locat- 'placed', from the verb locare, from locus 'place'. The original sense was as a legal term meaning 'let out on hire', later （late 16th cent.） 'assign to a particular place', then (particularly in North American usage) 'establish in a place'. The sense 'discover the exact position of' dates from the late 19th cent.