1.discover; look for;find;find out;invent
discover指发现或偶然发现原来就存在但一直未被认识的事物。例如:
Who discovered America in 1492?是谁在1492年发现美洲大陆的?
It was discovered in Liaoning Province.它是在辽宁省被发现的。
look for作“寻找”解时,指寻找的动作和过程。例如:
Are you still looking for that place?你还在找那个地方吗?
find指寻找的结果,即“找到”,通常指偶然发现。例如:
I'm looking for my pen,but I can't find it.我在找我的钢笔,但是没找到。
My bike was found last week.我的自行车是上星期找到的。
find out指经过观察、调查把某事、某物查出来,搞清楚,弄明白。例如:
Please find out when the train leaves.请查一下火车什么时候开。
When he was a child,he liked to find out how things worked.当他还是个孩子时,就爱弄明白各种事物的来龙去脉。
invent指发明原来不存在的东西。例如:
Who invented the computer?谁发明了电脑?
In the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented.十七世纪时,加法机被发明了。
2.found;founded
found既是不规则动词find的过去式和过去分词,本身又是一个原形动词,意为“建立”、“成立”。例如:
My father found work in Paris.我父亲在巴黎找到了工作。
He was trying to found a new hospital.他在努力创建一家新医院。
founded为规则动词found的过去式和过去分词。例如:
The PRC was founded on October 1,1949.中华人民共和国成立于1949年10月1日。