find /faind/ vt. (found, found) 1.寻找，找到：She hasn’t found her lost pen yet.她还没找到丢失的钢笔。2.发现，发觉（接名词、从句和用形容词、名词、现在分词、过去分词或副词作宾补的复合结构）：When I came back, I found a note on my desk. 回来时我发现桌子上有张便条。I found no one could answer the question. 我发现没有人能回答这个问题。You will find it a difficult book. 你会发现这是本很难的书。He found a lot of people already working there. 他发现很多人已经在那儿干活了。I found my hometown much changed. 我发现家乡有了巨大的变化。We found her at home. 我们发现她在家。I am glad I found you in.我很高兴你在家。［考句］Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it being cultivated in Cuba.玉米源于美洲，因此直至哥伦布发现古巴人种植后才传至欧洲。find out 了解(情况)，打听，发现：Can you find out Xiao Li’s address for me? 你能帮我打听一下小李的地址吗? find fault with 找刺，挑毛病（见fault条）
finding /ˈfaindiŋ/ n. (通常作pl.) 发现的情况，调查(或研究)的结果；法院的决定：a few noteworthy findings in this field 这个领域里一些值得注意的发现；the findings of the court 法院的决定；a United Nations finding 联合国的裁决
