search; search for; look for
search用作及物动词,后跟“人”时,意为“搜身”;后跟地点名词时,表示“对某地进行搜查”。也可在宾语后加for短语,表示搜查具体目标。如:
The policemen searched everyone at the party. 警察对参加聚会的每个人都进行了搜身。
The enemy searched the mountain for the Red Army, but they failed. 敌人在山上搜寻红军,但没找到。
search for意为“寻找”,可视为是search...for的省略式,此时search为不及物动词。如:
She searched for her lost cat everywhere,but failed. 她到处寻找走失的猫,但没找到。
另外,search用作名词,常构成短语:in one’s search for相当于in search of, 后者search前不用冠词或人称代词。如:
They went out in their search for food.=They went out in search of food.他们外出寻找食物。
look for意为“寻找”,但没有search for注意力集中,地点名词不可直接跟在look后作宾语,其前需加介词。如:
What are you looking for on the playground﹖ 你在操场上找什么呢?