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discover
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🇺🇸 /dɪskˈʌvɚ/
🇬🇧 /dɪˈskʌvə/
discover 主要表示“发现、了解到原先不知道的事物”,也可表示揭开、显露等较旧或专门的意思;大写时还可指美国的 Discover 信用卡品牌或《Discover》科普杂志。
💡 记忆钩子
把 discover 想成“掀开盖子,让原来藏着的东西进入视线”:先是发现事实、地方或新事物,再引申为揭开遮盖、暴露信息;在国际象棋中,移开一枚棋子而显露出后面的攻击,也保留了这种“露出来”的画面。
📝 学习建议
- 首先掌握“发现、了解到”这一核心义,尤其注意 discover that 从句和 discover + 名词两种常见结构。
- discover 不只是“找到”;它常强调以前不知道、后来才认识到。不要把它机械地当作 find 的完全同义词。
- 过去式和过去分词是 discovered,注意词尾双写字母再加 -ed。
📖 中文释义
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common Discover 信用卡📖 指美国的 Discover 信用卡品牌,不是普通动词“发现”。💡 常用“Discover Card”或“Discover 信用卡”表示这一品牌,作主语时可搭配“发行、使用、接受”等动词。它主要是美国语境中的商业名称,不宜泛指所有信用卡。USShe paid for the hotel with her Discover card.她用 Discover 信用卡支付了酒店费用。
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common 《Discover》科普杂志📖 指一本面向普通读者、介绍科学知识的杂志,创刊于 1980 年。💡 谈论刊物时通常说“Discover magazine”或“《Discover》杂志”,以区别于动词。可与“阅读、订阅、发表文章”等表示杂志活动的动词搭配。I read an interesting article in Discover magazine.我在《Discover》杂志上读到了一篇有趣的文章。
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core 发现;了解到📖 原先不知道某人、某物或某个事实,后来通过观察、经历或调查第一次知道了它。重点不是单纯把东西拿到手,而是让新的信息进入自己的认识范围。💡 常用“discover + 名词”表示发现事物,或用“discover that + 从句”表示发现某个事实;也可说“discover how/why/what...”。不要在后面直接接不定式来表达普通的“发现去做某事”,这时通常需要改用合适的从句或其他结构。transitiveWe discovered a quiet beach behind the village.我们发现村子后面有一片安静的海滩。I discovered that the shop was closed on Mondays.我发现那家商店周一不营业。
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rare 揭去覆盖物📖 把帽子、建筑物等外面的遮盖物揭开,使里面的部分露出来;这是较旧的用法。💡 通常采用“discover + 被遮盖的对象”这一及物结构,现代日常英语一般改用 uncover、remove 或 take off 等更常见的词。不要把这一旧义当作普通语境中“发现”的首选解释。obsolete transitive
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rare 暴露;显露📖 使原本被遮住的东西露出来,强调显露结果;这一义项带有古旧色彩。💡 常见于“某种力量或动作使某物显露”的句型,但现代英语通常用 expose 或 uncover。它与核心义“发现”都含有“从隐藏到可见”的方向,却不是日常表达中的常用选择。archaic transitive
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common 移子显露攻击线📖 在国际象棋等棋类中,移动一枚棋子后,原来被它挡住的另一枚棋子的攻击路线显露出来。💡 主要用在棋类分析中,常用“move + 棋子 + to discover + attack”或“discover an attack”这样的结构。这里不是“发现一个攻击”这一普通含义,而是通过移开前面的棋子让攻击线显露出来。transitiveThe knight moves away to discover an attack on the queen.这匹马移开后,便显露出一条攻击后方的线路。
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common 诉讼中询问当事人📖 在英美法律程序中,指为了诉讼中的证据开示而询问某人,通常是询问对方当事人。💡 这是法律专门用法,常见结构是“discover + 人”或“discover the defendant”。不要在普通会话中用它表示一般的“了解某人”;日常语境应使用 question、interview 或 learn about 等表达。transitiveThe lawyers asked to discover the defendant before the trial.律师申请在审判前询问被告。
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rare 透露;公开📖 把原本不公开的信息告诉别人,使它显露出来;这是古旧或正式旧式用法。💡 通常采用“discover + 信息 + to + 人”的结构,但现代英语更常用 reveal、disclose 或 divulge。不要把它与核心义“发现信息”混淆:这里是说话者主动把信息透露出去。archaic transitive
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rare 侦察;探索📖 到某个地区查看、探察情况,带有探索未知地方的意思;这是过时用法。💡 历史文本中可接表示地区的名词,现代英语通常使用 explore、scout 或 reconnoitre。日常表达“探索一个地方”时不要优先使用这一义项。obsolete transitive
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rare 显露出;表现出📖 某人无意中表现出一种兴趣、才能或倾向,使它显露出来;这是过时用法。💡 历史语境中可用“discover + 兴趣或倾向”表示显露出某种特征,现代英语通常说 show、display 或 develop。这里不是主动“发现自己的兴趣”,而是兴趣在行为中表现出来。obsolete transitive
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 8 组
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;
同义词集:
learn
hear
get word
get wind
pick up
find out
get a line
discover
see
I learned that she has two grown-up children
I see that you have been promoted
下位: ascertain, catch, find, trip up
identify as in botany or biology, for example
同义词集:
identify
discover
key
key out
distinguish
describe
name
make a discovery;
同义词集:
discover
find
She found that he had lied to her
The story is false, so far as I can discover
上位: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see
下位: ferret, ferret out
参见: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; ; ; ; ;
同义词集:
unwrap
disclose
let on
bring out
reveal
discover
expose
divulge
break
give away
let out
uncover
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
The actress won't reveal how old she is
bring out the truth
he broke the news to her
unwrap the evidence in the murder case
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
上位: tell
下位: babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, leak, let the cat out of the bag, out, peach, reveal, sing, spill the beans, spring, talk, tattle
make a discovery, make a new finding;
同义词集:
discover
find
Roentgen discovered X-rays
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
上位: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate
see for the first time; make a discovery
同义词集:
discover
Who discovered the North Pole?
下位: rediscover
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
同义词集:
detect
observe
find
discover
notice
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
We found traces of lead in the paint
上位: sight, spy
下位: see, sense, trace
find unexpectedly; ;
同义词集:
fall upon
strike
come upon
light upon
chance upon
come across
chance on
happen upon
attain
discover
the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
she struck a goldmine
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
上位: find, regain
🌳 词源
动词来自中古英语,经古法语追溯到拉丁语 dis- 与 cooperīre(覆盖)相关的词,核心意象是“揭开覆盖物”。名称义是由 discover 派生的商标名称,1985 年由西尔斯推出。
From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.
🔄 变式
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