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

• In that leafy, flowery, bushy time, to look for any one in this garden was like playing at "hide-and-seek".
  在这树密枝长叶茂花繁的时节，要在这个花果园里寻找谁，简直就象玩“捉迷藏”一样了。
• 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。
• They look for foods that are low in calories.
  他们要找低卡路里的食物。
• You could look for a career abroad where environmental jobs are better paid and more secure
  你可以在国外找一份工作，那里与环境相关的工作报酬更高，也更稳定。
• So I began to look for a husband.
  因此我开始物色一个丈夫。
• They will say to you,'The donkeys you set out to look for have been found.
  他们必对你说：'你去找的那几头驴已经找着了。
• It is wrong that we have to tell ill people to go somewhere else to look for treatment
  我们不得不让病人到别处求医的做法是不可取的。
• 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。
• Look for software that's flexible enough for a range of abilities.
  寻找功能多、适用性强的软件。
• The searchers fanned out to look for the missing boy.
  搜寻人员四下散开寻找失踪的孩子。