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locate是什么意思

2024-01-21 14:47:17
locate
美[loʊkeɪt]  英[ləʊkeɪt]
vt.  找出;把 ... 设置在;使坐落于
vi.  住下来
  形容词:locatable  名词:locater  过去式:located  过去分词:located  现在分词:locating  第三人称单数:locates
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详细释义

v.(动词)
  1. 找出(...的准确位置),探出,查找...的地点
  2. <美口>定居,居住下来,住下来
  3. 确定...的(准确)地点,确定...的位置,为...定位
  4. 设置在...,把...设置在,把...安置在,使...座落于
  5. 在,坐落于,位于
  6. 说出来源,指出
  7. 【律】出租
  8. 创办于
  9. 把地方分配给

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. 找出,探明 find the position of
  2. vt. & vi. (在…)设置 establish in a place

英英释义

Verb
  1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining;

    "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?" "My search turned up nothing"

  2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey;

    "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space" "Locate the boundaries of the property"

  3. assign a location to;

    "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

  4. take up residence and become established;

    "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. locate the firm in Florida把公司设在佛罗里达州
  2. locate an object确定某物体的位置
  3. locate the seat找座位
~+副词
  1. locate somewhere位于某地
  2. locate carefully小心地发现
  3. locate centrally集中发现
  4. locate conveniently方便地确定位置
  5. locate systematically系统地寻找
~+介词
  1. locate at位于,坐落在…(附近)
  2. locate beside位于…旁
  3. locate in位于,坐落在…(附近)
  4. locate in the Janesville Shopping Center坐落在琼斯维拉商业中心
  5. locate on坐落在…
  6. locate next to the river位于河边

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The general tried to locate the enemys camp.那位将军想找出敌人营地的位置。
  2. They decided to locate a new school in the suburbs.他们决定在郊区设置一所新学校。
  3. The company wished to locate its new factory beside the river.这家公司希望把新工厂建在河边。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. After he retired, he went to locate in California.他退休后在加里弗尼亚定居。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    locate的基本意思是“找到”,后面多跟表示地点或位置的词,指找到某人某物所在的确切位置或来源,后面多接表示地点或位置的名词,其后接sb 时,表示弄清某人所在的地点,并不是找到某人。引申可指“探出,探明”,指有意识地去搜寻和发现,而不用于表示偶然地得知。 locate还可表示“设置在(某地)”,其被动式通常表示“位于〔坐落于〕某处”。 locate在美国口语中可用作不及物动词,意思是“定居,设置在…”。