find词组,隐喻,短语

find

findfind[fʌɪnd](found,found ) 'find against sb (law)1.■to decide in a court of law that sb is guilty作出不利于…的裁决；判…败诉﹙或有罪﹚:The court found against the defendant.法庭判被告有罪。[G]v+prep'find for sb (law)2.■to decide in a court of law that sb is innocent作出有利于…的裁决；判…胜诉﹙ 或无罪﹚ :The jury found for the defendant.陪审团作出对被告有利的裁决。[G]v+prep,find 'out (about sth/sb, that…, how…, etc.), ,find sth 'out (about sth/sb) 3.■to learn a fact, a piece of information, or the truth about sth/sb获知，查明，弄清﹙情况或真相﹚:She won’t be happy when she finds out about this.她若知道这事会不高兴的。‘What did she say?’ ‘You’ll find out soon enough.’ “她说了什么？”“你很快就会知道的。”When did you find out (that) she was ill? 你什么时候得知她生病的？I never found out exactly what happened.我从未弄清楚到底发生了什么事。How did you find that out? 你是怎样发现这个情况的？4.■Find out is often used with question words such as how, what, when, etc. find out 常与how、what、when等疑问词连用:It took me a while to find out what he was really like.我过了一段时间才发现他的真面目。Did you ever find out who did it? 你查出是谁干的吗？ 5.■[NOTE]If you find sth out, you do so either by chance or by asking or studying. You can discover a piece of information that other people know but you didn’t. You can also discover sth before anyone else does. find sth out 表示偶然获悉或通过询问或研究得知。discover 表示了解到他人知道但自己原先不知道的情况。discover sth 也表示找到或发觉前人未知的事物。[G]v+adv ◆ v+adv+n ◆ v+pron+adv ◆ v+n+adv(rare),find sb 'out (informal)6.■to discover that sb has been dishonest or has done sth wrong查出﹙坏人﹚；识破:If you’re ever found out, you’ll go to prison.你一旦被查出来，就会坐牢的。7.■[NOTE]Find sb out is often used in the passive. find sb out 常用于被动语态。[G]v+n/pron+adv