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discover

英 /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/美 /dɪˈskʌvər/
  • v.
    发现，找到；了解到，发觉，查明；发掘（人才）；初次接触
第三人称单数discovers
现在分词discovering
过去式discovered
过去分词discovered
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词语例句

  1. 发现，找到vt.

    高中六级四级

    • A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.

      几天之后，他曾被毒打的尸体在城外一个路边被发现了。

    • There are no more continents and no more moons to search for, little left to discover.

      无法找到更多的大陆或更多的卫星了，几乎没有可能发现什么。

    • Unless you're a reporter or emergency-department doctor, you'll discover that your world doesn't fall apart when you go offline.

      除非你是一名记者或急诊部门的医生，否则你会发现，当你下线时，你的世界并不会崩溃。

  2. 了解到，发觉，查明vt.

    四级

    • She discovered that they'd escaped.

      她发觉他们已经逃走了。

    • After centuries of research, scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare's personal history.

      经过几个世纪的研究，学者们仍在试图查明莎士比亚的生平事迹。

  3. 发掘（人才）vt.

    • The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960s.

      披头士乐队是在20世纪60年代初期被发掘的。

  4. 初次接触vt.

    • He discovered photography at the age of 19.

      他十九岁的时候接触到摄影。

  1. Only later did she discover a talent for writing.
    她后来才发现自己的写作天分。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. We happened to discover we had a friend in common.
    我们碰巧发现我们有个共同的朋友。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. It's exciting to discover traces of earlier civilizations.
    发现以前文明的遗迹，真令人兴奋。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • Discover Card
    发现卡；信用卡；探索卡
  • Discover Nature
    自然探索
  • DISCOVER YOURSELF
    发现自己；发掘自我；珀尔的黑猫
  • Discover Canada
    发现加拿大；发明加拿大
  • Discover Magazine
    发现杂志；探索杂志；摸索杂志

词语扩展

vt.
detectsniff out
发现；发觉
vi.
sniff outto find
发现
adj.
discoverable发现的；显露的；泄露的
n.
discovery发现，发觉；被发现的事物
discoverer发现者
  • detect/discover/ascertain/find
    • detect正式用词，强调经过周密观察或研究而有所获得和发现，尤指发现有意隐藏之物。
    • discover普通用词，指发现本来存在，但示被认识的事物、真理或情况。
    • ascertain较正式用词，指有意搜寻与发现。
    • find普通用词，可指偶然发现，也可指经过寻找后得到或重新获得已失去的东西。强调动作的结果。
  • invent/discover
    • invent发明，创造。如：A kind of toothbrush has been invented to relieve toothache.
    • discover发现。如：A coal mine has been discovered in that area.
  • invent/discover/find out
    • invent发明本来不存在的物体,
    • discover发现本来存在但不为人所知的东西,
    • find out发现,查明 At last he found out the truth.

词义分布

发现
98.9%
发觉
0.8%
找
0.2%
发掘出
0.1%

英英释义

  • v.discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  • v.make a discovery, make a new finding
  • v.get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • v.make a discovery
  • v.find unexpectedly
  • v.make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  1. v.
    to become aware of something that you did not know about before
    发现，发觉（之前未知之事）
    • After a short conversation, she discovered the reason for his unhappiness.
      短短几句对话之后，她发现了他不开心的原因。
  2. v.
    to find something
    找到，发现（某物）
    • The car was discovered on a roadside outside the city.
      这辆车在城外一条道路旁被发现。
  3. v.
    to be the first person to find or use a new place, substance or method
    （第一个）发现
    • Who was the first European to discover America?
      发现美洲大陆的第一个欧洲人是谁？

词源

  • discover发现
    dis-, 不，非，使相反。cover, 覆盖。
  • discover发现，显示
    词根词缀： dis-除去 + cover盖 → 去掉盖子 → 发现 词义辨异：discover 客观存在,被发现invent 客观没有,人发明
  • discover
    From Old French descovrir, from Latin discooperiō, from dis- + cooperiō.