1.discover; look for;find;find out;invent
discover指發(fā)現(xiàn)或偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)原來就存在但一直未被認(rèn)識(shí)的事物。例如:
Who discovered America in 1492?是誰在1492年發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲大陸的?
It was discovered in Liaoning Province.它是在遼寧省被發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
look for作“尋找”解時(shí),指尋找的動(dòng)作和過程。例如:
Are you still looking for that place?你還在找那個(gè)地方嗎?
find指尋找的結(jié)果,即“找到”,通常指偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)。例如:
I'm looking for my pen,but I can't find it.我在找我的鋼筆,但是沒找到。
My bike was found last week.我的自行車是上星期找到的。
find out指經(jīng)過觀察、調(diào)查把某事、某物查出來,搞清楚,弄明白。例如:
Please find out when the train leaves.請(qǐng)查一下火車什么時(shí)候開。
When he was a child,he liked to find out how things worked.當(dāng)他還是個(gè)孩子時(shí),就愛弄明白各種事物的來龍去脈。
invent指發(fā)明原來不存在的東西。例如:
Who invented the computer?誰發(fā)明了電腦?
In the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented.十七世紀(jì)時(shí),加法機(jī)被發(fā)明了。
2.found;founded
found既是不規(guī)則動(dòng)詞find的過去式和過去分詞,本身又是一個(gè)原形動(dòng)詞,意為“建立”、“成立”。例如:
My father found work in Paris.我父親在巴黎找到了工作。
He was trying to found a new hospital.他在努力創(chuàng)建一家新醫(yī)院。
founded為規(guī)則動(dòng)詞found的過去式和過去分詞。例如:
The PRC was founded on October 1,1949.中華人民共和國(guó)成立于1949年10月1日。