| 词组 | search |
| 释义 | search When used with a preposition, the noun search is usually followed by for, except in the phrase in search of: • ... the requisite search for knowledge —Robert A. Nisbet, Psychology Today, March 1971 • ... the growers worked hard in search of new markets —A. V. Krebs, Jr., Commonweal, 9 Oct. 1970 Shaw 1970 states that in search for is also common, but that in search of is preferred. Our evidence indicates that in search for is rare in edited prose. We have only two examples of it, both from a single year: • ... while in search for a title for his first book of poems —Time, 15 Feb. 1954 • ... not the businessman in search for orders or for the secrets of know-how —D. W. Brogan, Saturday Rev., 17 Apr. 1954 |
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