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

• Whatever you do, don't look for a pay increase when you know the company is going through some difficulty
  不管怎样，在知道公司遭遇困境时不要指望加薪。
• And we will look for ways to cooperate with them.
  我们将寻求与他们合作的途径。
• What should you look for in this person?
  那么你应该注重这个人的哪些素质呢？
• Ed: I have to look for a new job.
  艾德：我得找份新工作。
• I look for books by certain authors, too.
  我也会寻找某些特定作者的书籍。
• We all need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
  我们都需要寻求降低碳排放量的方法。
• 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。
• Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
  在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。
• 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。
• 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。