locate
verb- [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 ExamplesShe 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 Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- precisely
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- [transitive] locate something + adv./prep.
to put or build something in a particular place 把…安置在（或建造于） 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- centrally
- conveniently
- ideally
- …
- at
- between
- close to
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially North American English)
to start a business in a particular place 创办于（某地）
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.