find

discover, find, detect, ascertain

这些动词均有“发现”之意。
discover: 指发现本来已经存在，后被人认识的事物、真理或情况。
find: 普通用词，可指偶然发现，也可指经过寻找后得到或重新获得已失去的东西。强调动作的结果。
detect: 正式用词，强调经过周密观察或研究而有所获得和发现，尤指发现有意隐藏之物。
ascertain: 较正式用词，指有意搜寻与发现。

名词 find:

1. a productive insight
   同义词：discovery, breakthrough
2. the act of discovering something
   同义词：discovery, uncovering

动词 find:

1. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
   同义词：happen, chance, bump, encounter
2. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
   同义词：detect, observe, discover, notice
3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
   同义词：regain
4. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
   同义词：determine, find out, ascertain
5. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
   同义词：feel
6. perceive or be contemporaneous with
   同义词：witness, see
7. get something or somebody for a specific purpose
   同义词：line up, get hold, come up
8. make a discovery, make a new finding
   同义词：discover
9. make a discovery
   同义词：discover
10. obtain through effort or management
11. decide on and make a declaration about
    同义词：rule
12. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
    同义词：receive, get, obtain, incur
13. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
14. get or find back; recover the use of
    同义词：recover, retrieve, regain
15. succeed in reaching; arrive at
16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
    同义词：find oneself

1. How do you find your new job?
   你认为你的新工作怎么样？
2. Look what I've found.
   瞧我找到什么了。
3. I have no fault to find with your work.
   我对你的工作无可挑剔。
4. My new secretary is very good; quite a find, in fact.
   我的新秘书很好，确实是难得的人才。
5. We have found oil under the North Sea.
   我们在北海发现了石油。
6. I think I'm lost; I can't find the bridge.
   我想我是迷路了，我找不到那座桥了。

find

v.（动词）
found[found] find.ing,finds
v.tr.（及物动词）
To come upon, often by accident; meet with.
遇到：通常不经意地遇到；遇见
To come upon after a search:
找到：通过寻找遇到：
例句：
found the hidden leak in the pipe.
在烟斗上找到一个隐藏的缺口

To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study:
发现，确定：通过观察、经验或研究发现或查明：
例句：
found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn`t really matter.
发现解决办法；发现两个数的结果；发现无关紧要

To perceive to be, after experience or consideration:
认为：经验或考虑之后认知：
例句：
found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
发觉这个妙计非常有用；认为这本书很有趣

To experience or feel:
感到：体验或感觉得到：
例句：
found comfort in her smile.
对她的微笑感到很舒服

To recover (something lost):
找到（丢失了某物）：
例句：
found her keys.
发现她丢失的钥匙

To recover the use of; regain:
恢复，失而复得：重新获得…的用途；恢复：
例句：
found my voice and replied.
重新开口并回答

To succeed in reaching; arrive at:
达到：成功地达到；到达：
例句：
The dart found its mark.
标枪射到了标的

To obtain or acquire by effort:
获得：通过努力获得或取得：
例句：
found the money by economizing.
通过节约得到了钱财

To decide on and make a declaration about:
下决定：决定和对…作出宣称：
例句：
The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty. All but one of the jurors found him guilty.
陪审团进行商议并宣告作出有罪的裁决。除了一人所有的陪审官都宣布他有罪

To furnish; supply.
供应；提供

To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
明白（自己应走的方向）：使（自己）意识到自己在生活中真正想成为的人或想做的事
To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition:
感觉到自己所处位置：使（自己）认识到所处的特定位置或情况：
例句：
found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.
发现她自己那天晚上在家中；发现他自己被拉到一个陌生人面前

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To come to a legal decision or verdict:
判决：得出一个合法的决定或判决：
例句：
The jury found for the defendant.
陪审团对被告进行判决

n.（名词）
The act of finding.
发现：发现的行为
Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery:
发现物：发现的事物，尤指未预料到的有价值的发现：
例句：
the Rosetta stone, that providential archaeological find.
罗塞塔石板，是一项幸运的考古发现

<常用词组>find out
To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry:
查明：如通过观察或询问查明（某事）：
例句：
I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you`re not sure, find out.
通过查找我查到了电话号码。如果你不肯定，查一查

To detect the true nature or character of; expose:
发现：探明真相或性质；暴露：
例句：
Liars risk being found out.
骗子被揭穿的危险

To detect and apprehend; catch:
探明并逮捕；抓住：
例句：
Most embezzlers are found out in the end.
大多数贪污犯最后都被查出并逮捕归案

来源：
Middle English finden
中古英语 finden
from Old English findan * see pent-
源自 古英语 findan *参见 pent-

【引伸】
find.able
adj.（形容词）