"We find this idea in Plato" "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here" "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water" "We found traces of lead in the paint"
"Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!"
"find the product of two numbers" "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
"I feel that he doesn't like me" "I find him to be obnoxious" "I found the movie rather entertaining"
"We found Republicans winning the offices" "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school" "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions" "I want to see results"
"I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener" "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing" "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
"Roentgen discovered X-rays" "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
"She found that he had lied to her" "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents" "We found the money to send our sons to college"
"find someone guilty"
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" "His movie received a good review" "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
"I found myself in a difficult situation" "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
"She regained control of herself" "She found her voice and replied quickly"
"The arrow found its mark"
"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
误 I had been finding a dictionary before you came.
正 I had been looking for a dictionary before you came.
正 I had been trying to find a dictionary before you came.
析find表示找寻的结果,即“发现”或“找到”,是终止性动词,不能用于进行体。look for〔try to find〕表示“寻找但还未找到”,可以用于进行体。
观察了一星期之后,山姆弄明白了为什么这个衬衫厂如此低效。误 After making observations for a week,Sam found why the shirt factory was so inefficient.
正 After making observations for a week,Sam found out why the shirt factory was so inefficient.
析 表示经探索或观察而发现,特别是发现无形的、隐藏的事情,常用find out加关系代词what, who, where等引导的从句。
杰克觉得很难向别人解释自己的看法。误 Jack found very difficult to explain his views to others.
正 Jack found it very difficult to explain his views to others.
析find后接动词不定式作宾语时应使用形式宾语结构。
她发现没有人能回答这个问题。误 She found no one answer the question.
正 She found no one could answer the question.
析 如果从句里用了完成时态或情态动词,句子就不能改用复合结构。