locate

verb

/ləʊˈkeɪt/

/ˈləʊkeɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they locate	/ləʊˈkeɪt/ /ˈləʊkeɪt/
he / she / it locates	/ləʊˈkeɪts/ /ˈləʊkeɪts/
past simple located	/ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪd/
past participle located	/ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪd/
-ing form locating	/ləʊˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪŋ/

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[transitive] locate somebody/something to find the exact position of somebody/something找出…的准确位置；确定…的准确地点
- The mechanic located the fault immediately.机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。
- Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors.救援飞机正在努力查明失踪水手的下落。
- I twisted my head to either side, attempting to immediately locate and identify the horrible stench. 我把头扭向两边，试图立即找到并识别那股可怕的恶臭。
- We tried to locate the source of the sound.我们试图查明声音是从哪儿发出来的。
Extra Examples
- She took time to help me locate research materials.她花时间帮我找研究材料。
- Some stars are quite easy to locate with a telescope.用望远镜可以很容易地找到某些星星。
- The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.这台机器能准确地确定放射性物质的位置。
- We haven't yet been able to locate a suitable site.我们仍然没能找到一个合适的场所。
- Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.派潜水员下海去探查失事船只残骸的位置。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- accurately
- correctly
- precisely
- …
verb + locate
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
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[transitive] locate something + adv./prep. to put or build something in a particular place把…安置在（或建造于） synonym site
- They located their headquarters in Swindon.他们把总部设在了斯温登。
- Locating offices directly next to the labs is preferred by most researchers. 大多数研究人员更喜欢将办公室直接放在实验室旁边。
compare relocate
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- centrally
- conveniently
- ideally
- …
preposition
- at
- between
- close to
- …
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[intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially North American English) to start a business in a particular place创办于（某地）
- There are tax breaks for businesses that locate in rural areas.在农村地区创办企业享有税收减免。

Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin locat- ‘placed’, from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’. The original sense was as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’, later (late 16th cent.) ‘assign to a particular place’, then (particularly in North American usage) ‘establish in a place’. The sense ‘discover the exact position of’ dates from the late 19th cent.