search

1. V-I If you search for something or someone, you look carefully for them. 搜寻

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。

They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor. 他们在地板上寻找一个能够坐下的地方。

2. V-T/V-I If you search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there. 在 (某地) 搜寻; 搜查 (某地)

Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday. 武装部队昨天搜查了这家医院。

She searched her desk for the necessary information. 她在她的书桌里搜寻必要的资料。

Relief workers are still searching through collapsed buildings. 救援人员仍在塌了的建筑物里搜寻。

3. N-COUNT A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully. 搜寻

There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned. 没有他活着被找到的可能了，于是放弃了搜寻。

4. V-T If a police officer or someone else in authority searches you, they look carefully to see whether you have something hidden on you. 搜 (某人) 身

The man took her suitcase from her and then searched her. 那个人从她手上拿走了她的手提箱然后搜了她的身。

5. V-I If you search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information. (在计算机上) 搜索[计算机]

You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet. 你可以使用目录服务在因特网上搜索人。

6. N-COUNT Search is also a noun. 搜索

He came across this story while he was doing a computer search of local news articles. 他在电脑上搜索地方新闻文章时碰到了这篇报道。

7. →see also searching

8. PHRASE If you go in search of something or someone, you try to find them. 寻找

Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul. 由于痛苦和突如其来的孤独，她去找让–保罗了。

9. CONVENTION You say "search me" when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer. 我哪知道[非正式]

"So why did he get interested all of a sudden?"— "Search me."

“那么他为什么突然感兴趣了呢？”—“我哪知道。”