search

noun

1. an investigation seeking answers

e.g. a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
the outcome justified the search

2. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

e.g. right of search

3. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Synonym: hunthunting

4. the examination of alternative hypotheses

e.g. his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful

5. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

e.g. they wrote a program to do a table lookup

Synonym: lookup

verb

1. inquire into

e.g. the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
He searched for information on his relatives on the web
Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness

Synonym: researchexplore

2. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

e.g. The police are searching for clues
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county

Synonym: seeklook for

3. subject to a search

e.g. The police searched the suspect
We searched the whole house for the missing keys

4. search or seek

e.g. We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!

Synonym: look

1. 搜寻;搜索;搜查;寻求
If you search for something or someone, you look carefully for them.

e.g. The Turkish security forces have started searching for the missing men...
土耳其安全部队已经开始搜寻失踪人员。
e.g. They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor...
他们在地板上寻找一处能够坐下的地方。

2. 在…中搜寻(或搜索);搜查(某地)
If you search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there.

e.g. Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday...
武装部队昨天搜查了该医院。
e.g. She searched her desk for the necessary information...
她在她的书桌上搜寻必要的信息。

3. 搜寻;寻求
A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully.

e.g. There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned...
他没有生还的可能，因此人们放弃了搜寻。
e.g. Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.
埃及称寻求中东和解刻不容缓。

4. 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.

e.g. The man took her suitcase from her and then searched her...
那名男子拿过她手中的提箱，然后对她搜身。
e.g. His first task was to search them for weapons.
他首先要搜查他们身上是否携带武器。

5. (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.

e.g. You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet.
你可以利用因特网的目录服务搜索人名。

6. see also: searching;strip-search

7. 寻找;寻求
If you go in search of something or someone, you try to find them.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

8. (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.

e.g. 'So why did he get interested all of a sudden?' — 'Search me.'
“那他为什么突然感兴趣了？”——“我怎么知道。”

相关词组：search out

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