look for

英 [lʊk fɔː(r)]

美 [lʊk fɔːr]

v.  寻找; 探索; 渴望; 盼望

Oxford 3000

英英释义

verb

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
  1. The police are searching for clues
  2. They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
  Synonym:searchseek
• be excited or anxious about
  Synonym:anticipatelook to

双语例句

• Ed: I have to look for a new job.
  艾德：我得找份新工作。
• He dived into the water to look for the dead body.
  他潜入水底找寻尸首。
• I was just going to look for you and here you are.
  我正要找你，恰好你来了。
• Beside books, you can look for people who can give you mental support.
  除了书籍之外，你还可以找那种能给你精神上支持的人帮助你。
• We all need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
  我们都需要寻求降低碳排放量的方法。
• If you have trouble with a request, this is the very first place to look for problems.
  如果您碰到请求方面的问题，这就是用来发现问题的首要之处。
• I was inclined to look for a situation where books were provided.
  我倾向于找一个能提供书籍的地方。
• That's nice for me, too, since I continually look for cool new things to show students.
  这对我来说也非常好，因为我在不断地寻找很棒的新事物来展示给学生。
• A second experiment was designed to look for signs of catabolism.
  第二个设计的实验是企图寻找分解代谢的迹象。
• I look for books by certain authors, too.
  我也会寻找某些特定作者的书籍。