1 VERB 搜寻;搜索;搜查;寻求 If you
search for something or someone, you look carefully for them.
搜寻;搜索;搜查;寻求 [Also VERB] -
The Turkish security forces have started searching for the missing men. [VERB + for]
土耳其安全部队已经开始搜寻失踪人员。
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They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor. [VERB for noun]
他们在地板上寻找一处能够坐下的地方。
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Nonetheless there are signs that both sides may be searching for a compromise. [VERB + for]
然而,有迹象表明双方可能都在寻求和解。
2 VERB 在…中搜寻(或搜索);搜查(某地) If you
search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there.
在…中搜寻(或搜索);搜查(某地) -
Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday. [VERB noun]
武装部队昨天搜查了该医院。
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She searched her desk for the necessary information. [VERB noun + for]
她在她的书桌上搜寻必要的信息。
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Relief workers are still searching through collapsed buildings looking for victims. [VERB prep.]
救援人员仍然在倒塌的建筑中搜寻罹难者。
3 N-COUNT 搜寻;寻求 A
search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully.
搜寻;寻求 4 VERB 搜查;对…搜身 If a police officer or someone else in authority
searches you, they look carefully to see whether you have something hidden on you.
搜查;对…搜身 5 VERB (在电脑上)搜索,检索 If you
search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information.
(在电脑上)搜索,检索 [computing] 7 PHRASE 寻找;寻求 If you go
in search of something or someone, you try to find them.
寻找;寻求 -
Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼-保罗。
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The law already denies entry to people in search of better economic opportunities.
法律已经将那些逐寻更好商机的人们拒之门外。
SYN seeking, looking for, hunting for, in pursuit of
8 CONVENTION (用于强调)我怎么知道 You say '
search me' when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer.
(用于强调)我怎么知道 [informal, emphasis] ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | search Also look up: |
VERB. | hunt, inspect, look for, seek 1 2 |
N. | exploration, hunt, inspection, quest 3 |
Word Partnership | Use search with: |
N. | search for clues, search for a job, talent search, search for the truth 1 search an area 1 2 search for information 1 5 investigators search, police search, search suspects 4 computer search, search criteria, search the Internet, online search 5 |
VERB. | conduct a search 3 |
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