Picture a point on a map and the question that goes with it: where does this thing sit? English uses one verb for every side of that question — putting something at a chosen point, being at that point, working out which point something is at, and moving in to take up a point of your own.

可以想成:地圖上的一個點,以及跟著它來的那個問題——這樣東西在哪裡?英文用同一個動詞處理這個問題的每一面:把東西擺到選定的那一點、東西就在那一點上、查出它究竟在哪一點,以及自己搬過去佔住一個點。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

locateverb/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/

  • 1

    To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

    • The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.
    • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
  • 2

    To find out where something is located.

    • I really can't locate the sever files.
    • In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
  • 3

    To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

    • The council must locate the new hospital.
    • to locate a mining claim
  • 4

    To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。