anwendungsbezogene Forschung

fingertip search Idiom

search me

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search one

study onestudy one

in search of

seeking or looking for；in pursuit of寻找；追寻
We are in search of a typist．我们在招聘一名打字员。
The prospecting team traversed far and wide in search of mineral deposits．地质勘探队为寻找矿藏走遍四面八方。
They went out to Australia in search of gold．他们去澳大利亚淘金。

search for

look for 寻找
The villagers are helping to search the woods for the missing child．村民们帮忙在树林里寻找失踪的孩子。
They searched all the drawers for the missing paper．他们翻了所有的抽屉寻找那个丢失的文件。
He who would search for pearls must dive below．要找珍珠就得下深海。

search out

find by searching；search for and find 找到
The lawyer searched out the weak ness in the witness's statement．律师找到证词中的漏洞。
There he searched out an old friend of his．他在那儿找到了他的一位老朋友。

search sth with a fine-tooth comb

Idiom(s): go over something with a fine-tooth comb AND search something with a fine-tooth comb

Theme: SEARCHING

to search through something very carefully.
• I can't find my calculus book. I went over the whole place with a fine-tooth comb.
• I searched this place with a fine-tooth comb and didn't find my ring.

search high and low for

Idiom(s): hunt high and low (for sb or sth) AND look high and low (for sb or sth); search high and low (for sb or sth)

Theme: SEARCHING

to look carefully in every possible place for someone or something.
• We looked high and low for the right teacher.
• The Smiths are searching high and low for the home of their dreams.

Searching question

A searching question goes straight to the heart of the subject matter, possibly requiring an answer with a degree of honesty that the other person finds uncomfortable.

in search of|search

or literary

search me|search

informal I don't know; how should I know?

May be considered rude. When I asked her what time it was, she said, "Search me, I have no watch."