| [/sɜːtʃ; sətʃ/] v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (sb/sth) (for sb/sth); ~ through sth (for sth) empty the pockets, etc of (sb) and examine his body and clothes to see if anything is concealed there; look at, examine or go over (a thing or place) carefully in order to find sb/sth 搜查（某人）; 细查（某物或某处）以搜寻某人[某物]; 搜索:
We searched (around) for hours, but couldn't find the book. 我们（各处）找了半天, 却找不到那本书. *
search (the woods) for escaped prisoners 搜查（树林）寻找逃犯 *
search (through) the drawers for the missing papers 翻遍抽屉寻找遗失的文件 *
The police searched her for drugs. 警察搜查她, 看她身上是否有毒品. *
(fig 比喻) I searched my memory, but couldn't remember her name. 我想来想去也想不起她的名字. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) search one's `heart/`conscience (fml 文) think carefully about one's motives, actions, feelings, etc 反躬自问:
Search your heart and ask if you're not equally toblame. 你扪心自问是否自己也同样要承担责任. ,search`me (infml) I don't know 我不知道:
`Where's the newspaper?' `Search me, I haven't seen it.' ｀报纸在哪儿呢?＇｀不知道, 我没看见.＇ 用法:
3 (phr v) search sb/sth out find sb/sth by searching 找出某人[某事物]:
We've searched out some of your favourite recipes. 我们找出了你喜欢的几个菜谱. *
I want to search out an old school friend. 我想寻找我的一个老同学. search 2
n 用法:
1 act of searching 搜查; 搜寻:
a search for a missing aircraft 搜寻失踪的飞机 *
make repeated searches for concealed weapons 反覆搜查暗藏的武器 *
Volunteers joined the search for the lost child. 有人自告奋勇也来寻找那失踪的孩子. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) in search of sb/sth searching for sb/sth 寻找某人[某物]:
go in search of a cheap hotel 寻找便宜的旅馆 *
Scientists are in search of a cure for the disease. 科学家想研究出治疗这种疾病的方法. |