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

• 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。
• 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。
• What should you look for in this person?
  那么你应该注重这个人的哪些素质呢？
• So I began to look for a husband.
  因此我开始物色一个丈夫。
• I look for books by certain authors, too.
  我也会寻找某些特定作者的书籍。
• As well as a good academic record I look for people who've climbed mountains or been captain of a team.
  除了优秀的学业成绩之外，我要找的人还需要有登山经验或担任过球队队长。
• I was just going to look for you and here you are.
  我正要找你，恰好你来了。
• If you buy a drier, look for one with a sensor which switches off when clothes are dry.
  你若要买烘干机，找一台带感应器的，可以在衣服干的时候自动断电。
• That's nice for me, too, since I continually look for cool new things to show students.
  这对我来说也非常好，因为我在不断地寻找很棒的新事物来展示给学生。
• 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。