find

詳細解釋：

find

v.（動詞）
found[found] find.ing,finds
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To come upon, often by accident; meet with.
遇到：通常不經意地遇到；遇見
To come upon after a search:
找到：通過尋找遇到：
例句：
found the hidden leak in the pipe.
在菸斗上找到一個隱藏的缺口

To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study:
發現，確定：通過觀察、經驗或研究發現或查明：
例句：
found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn`t really matter.
發現解決辦法；發現兩個數的結果；發現無關緊要

To perceive to be, after experience or consideration:
認為：經驗或考慮之後認知：
例句：
found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
發覺這個妙計非常有用；認為這本書很有趣

To experience or feel:
感到：體驗或感覺得到：
例句：
found comfort in her smile.
對她的微笑感到很舒服

To recover (something lost):
找到（丟失了某物）：
例句：
found her keys.
發現她丟失的鑰匙

To recover the use of; regain:
恢復，失而復得：重新獲得…的用途；恢復：
例句：
found my voice and replied.
重新開口並回答

To succeed in reaching; arrive at:
達到：成功地達到；到達：
例句：
The dart found its mark.
標槍射到了標的

To obtain or acquire by effort:
獲得：通過努力獲得或取得：
例句：
found the money by economizing.
通過節約得到了錢財

To decide on and make a declaration about:
下決定：決定和對…作出宣稱：
例句：
The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty. All but one of the jurors found him guilty.
陪審團進行商議並宣告作出有罪的裁決。除了一人所有的陪審官都宣布他有罪

To furnish; supply.
供應；提供

To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
明白（自己應走的方向）：使（自己）意識到自己在生活中真正想成為的人或想做的事
To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition:
感覺到自己所處位置：使（自己）認識到所處的特定位置或情況：
例句：
found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.
發現她自己那天晚上在家中；發現他自己被拉到一個陌生人面前

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To come to a legal decision or verdict:
判決：得出一個合法的決定或判決：
例句：
The jury found for the defendant.
陪審團對被告進行判決

n.（名詞）
The act of finding.
發現：發現的行為
Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery:
發現物：發現的事物，尤指未預料到的有價值的發現：
例句：
the Rosetta stone, that providential archaeological find.
羅塞塔石板，是一項幸運的考古發現

<常用詞組>find out
To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry:
查明：如通過觀察或詢問查明（某事）：
例句：
I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you`re not sure, find out.
通過查找我查到了電話號碼。如果你不肯定，查一查

To detect the true nature or character of; expose:
發現：探明真相或性質；暴露：
例句：
Liars risk being found out.
騙子被揭穿的危險

To detect and apprehend; catch:
探明並逮捕；抓住：
例句：
Most embezzlers are found out in the end.
大多數貪污犯最後都被查出並逮捕歸案

來源：
Middle English finden
中古英文 finden
from Old English findan * see pent-
源自 古英文 findan *參見 pent-

【引伸】
find.able
adj.（形容詞）