| 词组 | find |
| 释义 | find ◊ result of a search If you find something you have been looking for, you see it or learn where it is. The mill will not be easy to find. The past tense and past participle of 'find' is found, not 'finded'. I eventually found what I was looking for. His body has not been found. Note that when find has this meaning, you do not use 'out' after it. ◊ 'discover' Discover is sometimes used instead of 'find'. Discover is a rather formal word. They finally discovered the drawing room. If you cannot see the thing you are looking for, you say that you cannot find it. I think I'm lost -- I can't find the bridge. However, you do not say that you 'cannot discover' something. ◊ noticing something You can use find or discover to say that someone notices an object somewhere. She found a drawing on her bed. Look what I've found! A bomb could well be discovered and that would ruin everything. Come across has a similar meaning. They came across something that looked like the skull of a large monkey. ◊ obtaining information If you find, find out, or discover that something is the case, you learn that it is the case. The observers found that the same rules applied here. We found out that she was wrong. He has since discovered that his statement was wrong. In clauses beginning with 'when', 'before', or 'as soon as', you can omit the object after find out. You cannot do this with find or discover. When mother finds out, she'll divorce you. You want it to end before anyone finds out. As soon as I found out, I jumped into the car. If you find out or discover some information that is difficult to obtain, you succeed in obtaining it. Have you found out who killed my husband? By the time we had discovered what had happened, the ants were attacking the entire collection. You can also say that someone finds out facts that are easy to obtain. I found out the train times. You do not say that someone 'discovers' facts that are easy to obtain. ◊ another meaning of 'discover' If you discover a place, substance, fact, or method which nobody knew about before, you are the first person to find it or know it. Columbus discovered the largest island in the Caribbean. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming. ◊ another meaning of 'find' You can use find followed by 'it' and an adjective to say whether it is difficult or easy for someone to do something. For example, if you have difficulty doing something, you can say that you find it difficult to do it. The 87 girls in the survey said they found it difficult to show how clever they were. She found it impossible to believe that I meant it. Note that you must use 'it' in sentences like these. You do not say, for example, 'She found impossible to believe that I meant it'. |
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