discover

【发音】

美 /dɪ'skʌvɚ/ 英 /dɪ'skʌvə/

【翻译】

1. v.发现

   英释:to find someone or something, either by accident or because you were looking for them

【例句】

1. The body was discovered in a field.

   尸体是在一块田地里找到的。

2. Forest Service crews often discover campfires that have not been put out completely.

   林务局工作人员常常发现未完全熄灭的营火。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare's personal history...

2. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...you'll discover that your world doesn't fall apart when you go offline...

3. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use up their life savings...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.发现；发觉

   detect/sniff out/

2. vi.发现

   sniff out/to find/

【同根词】

1. adj

   discoverable : 发现的；显露的；泄露的

2. n

   discovery : 发现，发觉；被发现的事物

   discoverer : 发现者