lo‧cate W3 AC / ləʊkeɪt $ loʊkeɪt / 动词
1 [及物动词] to find the exact position of something :
We couldn’t locate the source of the radio signal.
2 be located in/near etc something to be in a particular position or place 同义词 be situated :
The business is located right in the center of town.
3 [及物动词] to put or build something in a particular place :
Large retail chains are usually only prepared to locate stores in areas of high population density.
4 [ intransitive always + 副词 / 介词 ] American English to come to a place and start a business, company etc there
locate in/at etc
We are offering incentives for companies to locate in our city.
THESAURUS
find to get or see something that you have been searching for : Have you found your passport yet? | Police later found the car abandoned in a wood.
discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before : A second bomb has been discovered in south London.
locate formal to find the exact position of something : The airline are still trying to locate my luggage. | Online maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world.
come across something to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it : I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer.
stumble on/across something to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important : They may have stumbled across some vital evidence. | Completely by chance we had stumbled on the biggest hit of the year.
trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information : She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter.
track somebody/something down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places : I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print. | The police managed to track down the killer.
unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it : In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound.