英汉词典

discover 基本解释

• vt. 发现；发觉
• vi. 发现

discover 词态变化

discover 中文词源

dis-, 不，非，使相反。cover, 覆盖。

discover 英文词源

discover (v.)

c. 1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from Old French descovrir "uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering.

discover 英文释义

1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"

"We found traces of lead in the paint"

2. make a discovery, make a new finding;

"Roentgen discovered X-rays"

"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

3. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

"I learned that she has two grown-up children"

"I see that you have been promoted"

4. make a discovery;

"She found that he had lied to her"

"The story is false, so far as I can discover"

5. find unexpectedly;

"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"

"she struck a goldmine"

"The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

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

"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"

7. see for the first time; make a discovery;

"Who discovered the North Pole?"

8. identify as in botany or biology, for example

discover 同义词解析

discover, find, detect, ascertain

这些动词均有"发现"之意。

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。

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。

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。

ascertain： 较正式用词，指有意搜寻与发现。

discover 双语例句

1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。

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2. Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。

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3. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion.

他震惊地发现花费至少超了10亿美元。

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4. We happened to discover we had a friend in common.

我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。

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5. The newly discover-ed notes are nothing more than Lang's personal journal.

新发现的笔记只不过是朗的个人日志。

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discover 实用场景例句

He was later discovered to be seriously ill.

后来才了解到他患了重病。

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The singer was discovered while still at school.

这个歌唱家在上学的时候就受到赏识了。

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the discoverer of penicillin

青霉素的发现者

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It was later discovered that the diaries were a fraud.

后来查明这些日记是伪造的。

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We never did discover why she gave up her job.

我们一直弄不清楚她为什么辞职。

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It was a shock to discover (that) he couldn't read.

得知他不识字真令人震惊。

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I've just discovered hang-gliding!

我刚知道有悬挂式滑翔运动！

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She was discovered dead at her home in Leeds.

人们发现她死在利兹她的家里。

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He was discovered hiding in a shed.

人们发现他原来藏在棚屋里。

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We discovered this beach while we were sailing around the island.

我们在围绕这个海岛航行时发现了这个海滩。

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Cook is credited with discovering Hawaii.

人们把发现夏威夷的功劳归于库克。

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Scientists around the world are working to discover a cure for AIDS.

全世界的科学家都在努力寻找治疗艾滋病的方法。

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Police discovered a large stash of drugs while searching the house.

警方搜查这栋房子时发现里面藏有一大批毒品。

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She discovered that they'd escaped...

她发现他们已经逃跑了。

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I discovered I was pregnant...

我发现自己怀孕了。

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

几天后，他的尸体在城外的路边被发现，身上有被严重殴打过的痕迹。

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...the first European to discover America...

第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人

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In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California...

19 世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。

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I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger...

我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。

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Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。

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The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960's.

甲壳虫乐队于20世纪60年代初为世人所知。

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But as lawyers here discover, there are limits to China's embrace of judicial reform.

但就像律师了解到的, 中国对司法改革仍然有限制.

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But when you lift your head and discover the rain drops.

但是当你抬头一看,你会发现许多小雨滴.

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I'll need several weeks to discover the lie of the land before I can make any decisions about the future of the business.

我需要几周的时间了解情况后,才能对公司的未来作出决定.

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