迷你对话学地道口语第192期:到处

　　迷你对话：
A: What are you looking for?
你在找什么呀？
B: I lost one of my contact lenses¹, and I’m searching high and low for it.
我丢了一只隐形眼镜，我正到处在找。
A: Where did you lose it? Maybe I can help you to find it.
你掉在哪儿呢？也许我能帮你找到。
B: Thank you very much. I think I lost it near the window.
太谢谢了，就掉在窗边。
地道表达：high and low
解词释义：high and low字面意思是“上上下下”，引申为“到处”之意。
拓展讲解：how and low还有“社会阶层的人”的意思。
支持范例：
Mr. and Mrs. Dahlby searched high and low for their missing² boy.
达尔比夫妇到处寻找他们遗失的孩子。
Bill looked high and low for his lost shoe.
比尔到处找他丢了的那只鞋。
We hunted high and low for the missing watch.
我们到处寻找遗失的手表。
I've searched high and low for my lost pen.
我到处寻找丢失的钢笔.
词海拾贝：
1. look for：寻找
Eg. He has come all the way from Leeds to look for a job.
他从利兹远道而来寻找工作。
Eg. I' m turning out the cupboard to look for a lost key.
我翻腾衣柜找丢失的钥匙。
Eg. It's my father who came here to look for me this morning.
上午来找我的是我父亲。
Eg. He dived into the water to look for the dead body.
他潜入水底找寻尸首。
2. search for：寻找
Eg. So far the search for the missing boy is fruitless.
对失踪男孩的搜寻至今仍无结果。
Eg. They made a thorough³ search for the lost ring, but didn' t find it.
他们仔细地寻找过那枚丢失的戒指，可是没有找到。
Eg. Two men volunteered to search for the missing climber.
两个人自告奋勇去寻找那位失踪的登山运动员。
Eg. The company is casting its net wide in its search for a new sales director.
公司撒开大网到处物色新的销售主任。

1 lenses   

n.透镜，镜头( lens的名词复数 )；眼睛中的水晶体

参考例句：

• a pair of glasses with tinted lenses 一副有色镜片眼镜
• Wash the lenses in saline solution. 用盐溶液清洗镜片。

2 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

3 thorough   

adj. 彻底的，完全的，精心的

参考例句：

• He made a very thorough analysis on the situation.他对形势的分析很透彻。
• The committee reported its findings after a thorough investigation.委员会在彻底调查以后报告了调查结果。