find /faɪnd/► SEE ALLfind fault (with sb/sth)find your feet(not) find it in your heart to do sthfind your voice/tonguefind your/its way (to/into…)take sb as you find themfind/get your bearingsfind/meet your match (in sb)like looking for/trying to find a needle in a haystackscratch A and you’ll find B ●find ˈfault (with sb/sth)look for faults or mistakes in sb/sth, often so that you can criticize them/it挑毛病；找茬儿◆He’s always finding fault with the children, even when they are doing nothing wrong. 他总是对孩子们吹毛求疵，尽管有时他们根本没做错什么。◆I can find no fault with this essay; it’s the best I’ve ever read. 我挑不出这篇文章的毛病，这是我看过的文章中最好的。OPPsing sb’s/sth’s praises●find your ˈfeet (informal) become used to a new job, place, etc. and start functioning well适应新的工作（或环境等）◆After moving from teaching to industry, it took her a long time to find her feet in a very different job. 走下讲台进入企业，她花了很长时间才适应了完全不同的工作。●(not) find it in your heart to ˈdo sth ( (not) find it ˈin yourself to do sth) (literary) (not) be able to persuade yourself to do sth（不）愿意做某事◆I wish you could find it in your heart to forgive her. 我希望你能真心原谅她。◆I can’t find it in myself to criticize her work after she’s tried so hard. 她已经这么努力了，我实在不忍心批评她。●find your ˈvoice/ˈtongue (informal) finally be able to speak after being too nervous or shy to do so终于能够（克服紧张或羞涩）开口说话◆He sat silent through the first half of the meeting before he found his tongue. 他一直坐着不吭声，会都开了一半，他才缓过神来开口说话。●find your/its ˈway (to/into…)come to a place or a situation by chance or without intending to偶然进入；无意间来到◆After several other jobs, he eventually found his way into acting. 他换了好几份工作，最后才很偶然地进了演艺圈。●take sb as you ˈfind themaccept sb as they are without expecting them to behave in a special way or have special qualities接受某人的现状；对某人不抱特殊的期望◆The house is in chaos, so when you come you must take us as you find us. 房子乱糟糟的，来了别见笑。●find/get your ˈbearingsfind out exactly where you are, or the details of the situation you are in, especially when this is new and unfamiliar（尤指身处全新或陌生环境时）确定自己的位置，明白自己的处境，熟悉环境◆We got off the bus right in the centre of town and it took us a moment or two to get our bearings.我们在市中心下了公共汽车，过了好一会儿才辨明了方位。◆I’ve only been in the job for a week so I’m still finding my bearings.我干这份工作才一个星期，所以还处在熟悉适应阶段。●find/meet your ˈmatch (in sb)meet sb who is as good at doing sth as you are, and perhaps better遇到对手；棋逢敌手；旗鼓相当◆He thought he could beat anyone, but he’s finally found his match.他以为自己天下无敌，但是终于遇到了对手。◆As a saleswoman, she’s met her match in Lorna.作为销售员，她碰到了对手，这就是洛娜。●like looking for/trying to find a ˌneedle in a ˈhaystackvery difficult to find大海捞针◆How can we ever find the quotation if you don’t even know what part of the book it comes from? It’ll be like looking for a needle in a haystack.你连这句话在书的哪部分都不知道，我们怎么找得到呢？这简直是大海捞针。●scratch ˌA and you’ll find ˈB (used to speak about particular types of people in general泛指某类型的人) carefully consider or examine sb/sth and you will find that they are different from their outside appearance除去甲的外衣你会发现其本质就是乙◆Scratch a senator from Texas and you’ll find a cowboy.剥掉得克萨斯州参议员的外衣，牛仔的真面目就暴露出来了。