find本身是及物动词，后面可以直接接名词(包括动名词）、介词、代词等作为宾语。例如：I find a car.我找到了一辆车。
find常用的短语用法有：
（1）find sb doing sth发现某人正在做某事。
I found her cooking for the children.
我找到她时她正在给孩子们做饭。
（2）find + sb + sth. 为某人找到某物
I wonder if you could find me a deck of cards?
（3）find + sth + 介词
Thrushes are a protected species so you will not find them on any menu.
（4）find + 宾语从句
The two biologists found,to their surprise,that both groups of birds survived equally well…
这两位生物学家惊奇地发现，两组鸟都很好地存活了下来。
（5）find it + adj. + to do sth.
At my age I would find it hard to get another job.
到了我这个年纪自己就会发觉很难再找到一份工作了。
（6）find + n. + in doing sth.
How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature?
怎么会有人以猎杀这种美丽的动物为乐呢？
（7）find用作名词时，为发现的意思。
His discovery was hailed as the botanical find of the century.
他的发现被誉为本世纪植物学的最重大发现。
