locate

英 [ləʊ'keɪt] 美 ['loʊkeɪt]

• vt. 找出；把 ... 设置在；使坐落于
• vi. 住下来

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

详尽释义

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

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"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The general tried to locate the enemy's 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。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He went to New York and located there.
   他到纽约后就在那里定居了。
2. Early settlers located where there was water.
   早期的移民安居在有水的地方。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The little boy's mother tried to locate him in the garden.
   那小男孩的母亲试图在花园里找到他。
2. The police are trying to locate the missing man.
   警察正努力寻找失踪人的下落。
3. Excuse me,I'm trying to locate this address.
   打搅您,我在寻找这个地址。
4. They finally located the small hospital in the hills.
   他们最后在山里找到了这所小医院。
5. The general tried to locate the enemy's site.
   那位将军想找出敌人营地的位置。
6. The radar promptly located the enemy plane.
   雷达立即找到了敌机的位置。
7. We've located the source of the signals, sir.
   先生,我们已找到发出信号的地方了。
8. He requested help from the librarian to locate the book he wanted.
   他请求图书管理员帮助找出他要找的书的位置。
9. They tried to locate the town on the map.
   他们试图在地图上找出该城的位置。
10. We followed the stream until we located its source.
    我们沿着溪流走,直至找到了它的源头。
11. The instrument can locate a minute flaw.
    这仪器能发现微小的裂缝。
12. It is important to locate new industries where labour and raw materials are easily available.
    把新工业设置在劳动力和原材料都便利的地方是很重要的。
13. Where are you going to locate your home?
    你打算把家安在哪里?
14. He located himself behind the screen.
    他使自己居于幕后。
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15. Where is the new factory to be located?
    新工厂将设在哪里?
16. Our new cultural centre will be located here.
    我们新的文化中心将设在这里。
17. His house is located next to ours.
    他的房子位于我们隔壁。
18. The capital is located on the river.
    首都位于河畔。
19. The store is located on the main street.
    那家商店位于主要街道上。

经典引文

• Many of America's biggest blue-chip corporations have located here.

  出自：Fortune

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

locate in (v.+prep.)

在…定居 settle in a place
locate in sth
The head company decided to locate in Qingdao.

决定把总公司设在青岛。 locate sth in sth
Quickly he located the trouble in the engine and set it right.

他很快找出并排除了发动机的故障。
Mother finally located the children in the attic.

母亲终于在顶楼找到了孩子们。
The kitchen is located in the basement.

厨房位于底层。
The new college will be located in the suburbs.

这所新建的学院将设在郊区。
The hospital is to be located in your town.

医院将位于你们城镇。
The building is located in a business centre.

该大楼位于商业中心。
Geographically, that country is located in the Southern Hemisphere.

从地理上说,那个国家位于南半球。
Scientists have discovered that most of the active volcanoes in the world are located in a T-shaped area.

科学家们发现,世界上大部分活火山都位于一个T形地区里。 locate in sth
After Father retires he's going to locate in Nanjing.

父亲退休后,打算在南京定居。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• locate the firm in Florida 把公司设在佛罗里达州
• locate an object 确定某物体的位置
• locate the seat 找座位

～+副词

• locate somewhere 位于某地
• locate carefully 小心地发现
• locate centrally 集中发现
• locate conveniently 方便地确定位置
• locate systematically 系统地寻找

～+介词

• locate at 位于,坐落在…(附近)
• locate beside 位于…旁
• locate in 位于,坐落在…(附近)
• locate in the Janesville Shopping Center 坐落在琼斯维拉商业中心
• locate on 坐落在…
• locate next to the river 位于河边

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. 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。
2. 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”。
3. locate在美国口语中可用作不及物动词,意思是“定居,设置在…”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

locate, detect

• 这组词都表示“发现”。其区别是：
• locate的意思是“探出”“判明”“查出”,强调找出某物的来源或处所,其侧重点在确定事物的空间位置;detect常用以表示有意图的、推理性的调查研究和做一些极其精确的观察后而“侦察出”“察觉”“发觉”等,它通常不用以表示偶然发现。

locate, situate

• 这组词都有“在…设置”的意思。其区别是：
• locate常用的意思是“确定某物的部位”;situate的意思是“坐落某处”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• find 发现
• pinpoint 精确地找到
• place 地方
• situate 位于
• discover 发现
• detect 发觉
• localize 集中
• uncover 揭开
• establish 建立
• set 放置
• fix 使 ... 固定
• position 位置
• post 职位
• track down 跟踪追捕
• settle 解决
• trace 痕迹
• ferret out 追猎
• put 放
• station 站
• occupy 占用
• reside 居住
• base 底部
• seat 座位
• reveal 显示
• plant 植物
• house 房屋
• discern 辨别
• unearth 发掘
• squat 蹲下
• camp 野营
• nest 巢
• ensconce 安顿下来
• collocate 布置
• assign 分配
• espy (从远处等)突然看到...
• disclose 揭露
• deposit 放置
• spot 地点
• quarter 四分之一
• come across 碰到
• residence 住宅
• take 拿
• up 向上
• root 根
• take root 生根
• take up residence 居住(定居下来)...
• orient 东方
• found 建立
• come 来
• down 向下
• site 地点
• across 横过
• turn up 朝上翻
• track 轨道

派生词

v.(动词)

• locator n. 探测器，定位器；勘定地界者