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单词 find out
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find out

1. phrasal verb
If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what's going to happen. [VERB PARTICLE wh]
I was relieved to find out that my problems were due to a genuine disorder. [VERB PARTICLE that]
Yesterday, the men's families held a news conference in their campaign to find outthe truth. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
As soon as we found this out, we closed the ward. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
He began by reading everything he could find out about heroin. [V P about n]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you find someone out, you discover that they have been doing something dishonest.
Her face was so grave, I wondered for a moment if she'd found me out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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find out in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to gain knowledge of (something); learn
he found out what he wanted
2. 
to detect the crime, deception, etc, of (someone)

find out in American English

1. 
to discover; learn
2. 
to learn the true character or identity of (someone or something)
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Examples of 'find out' in a sentence
find out

Go back to Farro and Jones, find out if Brown had a mother or father or siblings!
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Clearly, it would take some time to find out exactly what the creature was.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
Marianne would find out in the end of course, how could I think otherwise.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
We can hardly get through via phone, fax, or E-mail just to find out what the hell's going on.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)

In other languages
find out

British English: find out /faɪnd aʊt/ VERB
If you find something out, you learn it, often by making an effort to do so.
They wanted to find out the truth.
  • American English: find out
  • Arabic: يَكْتَشِفُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: descobrir ficar sabendo
  • Chinese: 发现
  • Croatian: saznati
  • Czech: zjistit
  • Danish: finde ud af
  • Dutch: uitvinden erachter komen
  • European Spanish: averiguar
  • Finnish: saada selville
  • French: découvrir
  • German: herausfinden
  • Greek: ανακαλύπτω μαθαίνω
  • Italian: scoprire
  • Japanese: 発見する
  • Korean: (…)을 알아내다
  • Norwegian: finne ut
  • Polish: dowiedzieć się
  • European Portuguese: descobrir ficar sabendo
  • Romanian: a descoperi
  • Russian: выяснять
  • Latin American Spanish: averiguar
  • Swedish: komma på
  • Thai: ค้นพบ
  • Turkish: bulmak keşfetmek
  • Ukrainian: з'ясувати
  • Vietnamese: tìm ra

Chinese translation of 'find out'

find out

vt

  1. [fact, truth] 查明 (chámíng)
    ⇒ You'll have to watch next week to find out what happens. 让你们等到下周看看会怎样。 (Ràng nǐmen děngdào xiàzhōu kànkan huì zěnyàng.)
  2. [person] (in wrongdoing) 发(發)现(現) (fāxiàn)
    ⇒ I wondered for a moment if she'd found me out. 我一度想知道她是否已经发现我了。 (Wǒ yīdù xiǎng zhīdào tā shìfǒu yǐjīng fāxiàn wǒ le.)

vi

  1. to find out about sth (deliberately) 获(獲)知某事 (huòzhī mǒushì) (by chance) 偶然发(發)现(現)某物 (ǒurán fāxiàn mǒuwù)
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All related terms of 'find out'

to find out about sth
( deliberately ) 获(獲)知某事 huòzhī mǒushì
I'm always the last to find out
我总(總)是最后(後)一个(個)知道 wǒ zǒngshì zuìhòu yī gè zhīdào
I pray that she'll never find out
( inf : fig ) 我祈祷(禱)她永远(遠)不会(會)发(發)现(現) wǒ qídǎo tā yǒngyuǎn bù huì fāxiàn
let's invite her here, if only to find out what she's doing
我们(們)邀请(請)她来(來)这(這)儿(兒)吧，即使只是问(問)问(問)她在忙些什么(麼) wǒmen yāoqǐng tā lái zhèr ba, jíshǐ zhǐshì wènwèn tā zài máng xiē shénme
discover
发(發)现(現) fāxiàn
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