in search of的用法
尋找，尋求
聯(lián)想拓展
in one’s/a/the search for=in search of 尋找;尋求
make a search of 搜查……
search for sb./sth. 尋找某人/某物
search sb./sth. out 找出某人/某物
search sb./sth.(for sb./sth.)
搜查某人/某物(以搜尋到某人/某物)
易混辨析
search/search for/search ...for/in search of
search vt. search sb.意為“搜身”，search sp.意為“在……中搜查”。
search for 意為“尋找”，指搜尋某個特定的目標(biāo)，相當(dāng)于look for。
search ...for 意為“搜查某人或某地以尋找某物”。
in search of 意為“尋找”，作目的狀語，后接尋找的對象或目標(biāo)。
例句
The police searched the house for the stolen jewellry.
警察搜查那棟房屋，尋找被偷的寶石。
I looked everywhere in search of my lost pen.
我四處尋找我丟失的鋼筆。
They searched the guard at the gate.
他們在門口搜查了那個士兵。
I searched everywhere for the lost pen.
我到處找丟失的鋼筆。
常見練習(xí)
(1)單項填空
They were walking around the town a place for the party. (2009·12·江蘇揚州中學(xué)檢測)
A. in search of B. search
C. searching of D. searched for
(2)完成句子 (原創(chuàng))
①警察到處搜捕他。最終他被抓住了，現(xiàn)在警察正在對他進(jìn)行搜身。
The police him everywhere. He was caught at last and now the police are him.
②顯然，已經(jīng)有人搜過他的房子——那本書不見了。
His house had clearly been and the book was missing.
解析：(1) 選A。in search of為介詞短語，意為“尋找”，符合句意。B、D兩項動詞形式不正確;無C項search of這種搭配。故選A項。
(2)①searched for;searching ②searched
