英語口語練習小對話 第192期:到處

迷你對話：

A: What are you looking for?

你在找什麼呀？

B: I lost one of my contact lenses, and I’m searching high and low for it.

我丟了一隻隱形眼鏡，我正到處在找。

A: Where did you lose it? Maybe I can help you to find it.

你掉在哪兒呢？也許我能幫你找到。

B: Thank you very much. I think I lost it near the window.

太謝謝了，就掉在窗邊。

地道表達：high and low

解詞釋義：high and low字面意思是“上上下下”，引申爲“到處”之意。

拓展講解：how and low還有“社會階層的人”的意思。

支持範例：

Mr. and Mrs. Dahlby searched high and low for their missing boy.

達爾比夫婦到處尋找他們遺失的孩子。

Bill looked high and low for his lost shoe.

比爾到處找他丟了的那隻鞋。

We hunted high and low for the missing watch.

我們到處尋找遺失的手錶。

I've searched high and low for my lost pen.

我到處尋找丟失的鋼筆.

詞海拾貝：

1. look for：尋找

Eg. He has come all the way from Leeds to look for a job.

他從利茲遠道而來尋找工作。

Eg. I' m turning out the cupboard to look for a lost key.

我翻騰衣櫃找丟失的鑰匙。

Eg. It's my father who came here to look for me this morning.

上午來找我的是我父親。

Eg. He dived into the water to look for the dead body.

他潛入水底找尋屍首。

2. search for：尋找

Eg. So far the search for the missing boy is fruitless.

對失蹤男孩的搜尋至今仍無結果。

Eg. They made a thorough search for the lost ring, but didn' t find it.

他們仔細地尋找過那枚丟失的戒指，可是沒有找到。

Eg. Two men volunteered to search for the missing climber.

兩個人自告奮勇去尋找那位失蹤的登山運動員。

Eg. The company is casting its net wide in its search for a new sales director.

公司撒開大網到處物色新的銷售主任。