1LOOK FORto search for something with your fingers 〔用手指〕在…摸索着(找某物)
She felt in her bag for a pencil.
她在袋子里摸索着找铅笔。
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feel around/on/in etc something (for something)• After she had put the phone down, she felt in a daze.• I returned to my book, the hot feeling in my face returned to its rightful place.• One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something.• She was not feeling in the least cheerful however when the taxi dropped her off at Ven's home.• She would understand; that was how he felt in the stores.• This feeling in turn hardens into lack of interest in work.• Whether you feel in any way responsibledepends on your viewpoint.
2phrasal verbphr vSYMPATHIZEto feel sympathy for someone 同情〔某人〕
At the Center, the other mothers know what it’s like, and they really feel for you.
在中心里,其他母亲都了解这种情况,她们非常同情你。
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feel for • And then there was nothing to do but stand up, and feel for a switch, and unpack.• In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time.• And it was a strangefeeling for Lois when she saw Paul do just that and never look back.• I felt for the ceramic frog in the balletslipper.• Guilt and exhaustion is what she had felt for the next year.• He pulled out his upperright-handdeskdrawer and felt for the packet of bills.• My son didn't live more than a few hours, but I can feel for the parents of that little girl.• Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.