喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold searching: someone is looking for something they have not found, so they keep turning things over instead of stopping at the first answer. Every use keeps that unfinished, digging feeling — questions that keep turning over what you said, eyes that keep turning over your face.

searching 可以想成一個還沒找到東西的人，一直翻、一直找，不肯停在第一個答案上。所有用法都留著那種「還在挖」…更多收起searching 可以想成一個還沒找到東西的人，一直翻、一直找，不肯停在第一個答案上。所有用法都留著那種「還在挖」的感覺。問題一直翻你講過的話。眼神一直翻你的表情。

One branch

帶著「要挖出全部」的形容詞

同樣的翻找動作，這次變成形容詞，用來形容那個一直挖下去的東西——可能是一串問題，也可能是一道視線。

adjective · B2

A searching question, test, review or examination is one that is meant to bring out all the facts about something, including the parts a person would rather keep quiet about.

追根究柢的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

searchingadj/ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/

  • 1

    Thorough.

    • Einstein's photoelectric equation has been subjected to very searching tests and it appears in every case to predict exactly the observed results.
  • 2

    Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.

    • a searching gaze; searching criticism
    • ‘So you are going out there. Famous. Interesting too.’ He gave me a searching glance, and made another note.

searchingnoun/ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/

  • 1

    Search; hunt.

    • Her songs take us through many mood changes from lighthearted lovesongs and social commentary to a serious searching for answers and understanding.
    • Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings finally brought him to God or a senescent scholar possibly being exploited by his associates.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。