及物动词

不及物动词

1. 发现(以前不知道的事实)
If you discover something that you did not know about before, you become aware of it or learn of it.

2. (偶然)发现;找到(一直在寻找的某人或某物)
If a person or thing is discovered, someone finds them, either by accident or because they have been looking for them.

3. (第一个)发现
When someone discovers a new place, substance, scientific fact, or scientific technique, they are the first person to find it or become aware of it.

1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

e.g. I learned that she has two grown-up children
I see that you have been promoted

Synonym: learnhearget wordget windpick upfind outget a linesee

2. identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonym: identifykeykey outdistinguishdescribename

3. make a discovery

e.g. She found that he had lied to her
The story is false, so far as I can discover

Synonym: find

4. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

e.g. The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
The actress won't reveal how old she is
bring out the truth
he broke the news to her
unwrap the evidence in the murder case

Synonym: unwrapdiscloselet onbring outrevealexposedivulgebreakgive awaylet out

5. make a discovery, make a new finding

e.g. Roentgen discovered X-rays
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

Synonym: find

6. see for the first time
make a discovery

e.g. Who discovered the North Pole?

7. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

e.g. She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
We found traces of lead in the paint

Synonym: detectobservefindnotice

8. find unexpectedly

e.g. the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
she struck a goldmine
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake

Synonym: fall uponstrikecome uponlight uponchance uponcome acrosschance onhappen uponattain