【问】 请讲讲search，search for，search sb.(sth.) for的区别。

【答】 search本身是个及物动词，后面跟sth.时，是指“搜查某处或某物”;后面跟sb.时，是指“搜某人的身”：

1. They searched him but couldn’t find the film.

他们搜了他的身，但是没有发现胶卷。

2. They searched every part of the forest. (Palmer)

他们搜查了森林的每个部分。

search for是指“寻找某人或某物(如丢失的人或物)”：

1. For over 100 years，men have been searching for gold in the hills. (LDPV)

一百多年来，人们一直在山里寻找黄金。

2. I must search for that lost money until I find it. (Neal)

我必须去找那些丢失的钱，直到找到为止。

3. Philosophers have been searching for that answer for centuries. (MD)

几百年来哲学家们一直在寻求那个答案。

search sb. (sth.) for则是指“搜查某人或某处以寻找……”：

1. The villagers are helping to search the woods for the missing child. (LDPV)

村民帮着在树林里搜寻丢失的孩子。

2. The police searched the city for the thief. (ALD)

警方在全城寻找那个盗贼。

请做下面的英语试题：

When the enemy were led to believe that there were communists in the village，they started

to search them.(改错题)(全国高考英语试题，80A)