in search of的用法

in search of的用法

尋找，尋求

聯(lián)想拓展

in one’s/a/the search for=in search of 尋找;尋求

make a search of 搜查……

search for sb./sth. 尋找某人/某物

search sb./sth. out 找出某人/某物

search sb./sth.(for sb./sth.)

搜查某人/某物(以搜尋到某人/某物)

易混辨析

search/search for/search ...for/in search of

search vt. search sb.意為“搜身”，search sp.意為“在……中搜查”。

search for 意為“尋找”，指搜尋某個(gè)特定的目標(biāo)，相當(dāng)于look for。

search ...for 意為“搜查某人或某地以尋找某物”。

in search of 意為“尋找”，作目的狀語，后接尋找的對象或目標(biāo)。

例句

The police searched the house for the stolen jewellry.

警察搜查那棟房屋，尋找被偷的寶石。

I looked everywhere in search of my lost pen.

我四處尋找我丟失的鋼筆。

They searched the guard at the gate.

他們在門口搜查了那個(gè)士兵。

I searched everywhere for the lost pen.

我到處找丟失的鋼筆。

常見練習(xí)

(1)單項(xiàng)填空

They were walking around the town a place for the party. (2009·12·江蘇揚(yáng)州中學(xué)檢測)

A. in search of B. search

C. searching of D. searched for

(2)完成句子 (原創(chuàng))

①警察到處搜捕他。最終他被抓住了，現(xiàn)在警察正在對他進(jìn)行搜身。

The police him everywhere. He was caught at last and now the police are him.

②顯然，已經(jīng)有人搜過他的房子——那本書不見了。

His house had clearly been and the book was missing.

解析：(1) 選A。in search of為介詞短語，意為“尋找”，符合句意。B、D兩項(xiàng)動(dòng)詞形式不正確;無C項(xiàng)search of這種搭配。故選A項(xiàng)。

(2)①searched for;searching ②searched