a)FIND OUTto get information, after trying to discover it or by chance 查明,弄清;发现
find out who/what/how etc
Has anyone bothered to find out how much all this is going to cost?
有谁去了解清楚这一切要花多少钱了吗?
find out if/whether
Did you find out whether there are any seats left?
你弄清楚是否还有座位剩余了吗?
find out (that)
I found out that my parents had never been married.
我发现我的父母一直没有登记结婚。
find something ↔ out
To find out more, visit our website.
如欲了解详情,请访问我们的网站。
find out (something) about something
I need to find out more about these night courses.
我需要再了解一下这些夜校课程。
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We could find out from the local council.
我们可以从当地市政会了解情况。
I thought it best to let you find out for yourself.
我想最好你自己去弄弄清楚。
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In written English, people usually say that someone discovers something rather than finds out something: 在英语书面语中,人们一般用discover,不用find out
Scientists soon discovered that this was false.
科学家很快就发现这是错的。
b)find somebody outCATCH if you are found out, someone discovers that you have been doing something dishonest or illegal 发现某人〔做不诚实或违法之事〕 → catch
What happens if we get found out?
要是我们被查出来会怎么样?
nGrammar
Find out is usually passive in this meaning.
Examples from the Corpus
find out• You read her diary? Just make sure she never finds out!• "Do you have these shoes in size 8?" "I'm not sure - I'll just go and find out."• "John's been married twice." "How did you find that out?"• He just had to hope he'd get away with it and that nobody would find out.• It's a surpriseparty, so I don't want her to find out about it.• He's trying to find out about Japanese classes in the area.• Will you see if you can find anything out about Sandy?• It won't work. Someone's bound to find you out eventually.• She doesn't want people to find out her age.• "Did you find out her views on the subject?" "No, she wouldn't tell me."• Could you find out his address for me, please?• It was three months before my parentsfound out I'd been going out with Peter.• She found out that her husband was having an affair.• When we found out the price we were shocked.• He asked me to find out what your plans are after you leave.• Dad was really mad at me when he found out where I'd been.• Dad was furious when he found out where I was living.• I'll go and find out which platform the train leaves from.
find out for yourself• I do think there is something unique about the SovietUnion that I wish to find out for myself.• If you have healthy young children, observe them closely and see what you can find out for yourself.• They're allowed to do what they want and find out for themselves.• This they must find out for themselves.• Maybe she should have left her there to find out for herself, instead of bringing her to the hotel.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• But it took some time before I found out for myself what they were like.• She quelled an urge to race up the windingstairs and find out for herself what was going on.