discover
v. 发现,找到; 了解到; 发掘(人才)
If you discover something that you did not know about before, you become aware of it or learn of it.
She discovered that they'd escaped...
她发现他们已经逃跑了。
I discovered I was pregnant...
我发现自己怀孕了。
If a person or thing is discovered, someone finds them, either by accident or because they have been looking for them.
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。
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.
...the first European to discover America...
第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人
In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California...
19 世纪时,在加利福尼亚发现了金子。
If you say that someone has discovered a particular activity or subject, you mean that they have tried doing it or studying it for the first time and that they enjoyed it.
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。
Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.
体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。
When an actor, musician, or other performer who is not well-known is discovered, someone recognizes that they have talent and helps them in their career.
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。
1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
2. make a discovery, make a new finding;
3. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;
4. make a discovery;
5. find unexpectedly;
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;
7. see for the first time; make a discovery;
8. identify as in botany or biology, for example
discover, find, detect, ascertain
这些动词均有"发现"之意。
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.
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.
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.
A lucky find in the Cotswolds is helping archaeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain.
在科茨沃尔德丘陵地带的幸运发现有助于考古学家了解罗马人统治时期不列颠的生活.
He was pleasantly surprised to discover that he was no longer afraid.
让他惊喜的是他发现自己不再害怕了.