搜 索

句子：救援隊員正在原始森林里搜索失蹤的直升機。

誤譯：The rescue workers were searching the missing helicopter in the primitive forest.

正譯：The rescue workers were searching for the missing helicopter in the primitive forest.

解釋：to search 的賓語是“被搜索的處所”；to search for的賓語才是“被搜索的人或物”。

“搜索”的第一個意思是“仔細尋找隱藏或失蹤的人或物”。英語可以譯為to search, to search for, to hunt for, to comb a place for sth，to scout around。例如：

1. 調查人員正在飛機殘骸中進行搜索, 試圖找出造成悲慘事件的原因。Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to find out the cause of the tragedy.

2. 警官們找遍群山搜索失蹤的孩子。The police officials combed the hills for the missing child.

“搜腸刮肚”的意思是形容“竭力思索”。英語可以譯為to search ones mind for sth, to rack/cudgel ones brain for sth, to beat ones brain over sth。例如：

3. 這個博士生為寫學位論文而搜腸刮肚。The PhD student beat his brain over his dissertation.

“搜索”的第二個意思是“利用網上搜索工具查找信息”。英語可以譯為to search, to search for。例如：

4. 他經常通過谷歌、雅虎或百度搜索信息。He often searches for information through Google, Yahoo or Baidu.

“搜索引擎”，英語可以譯為search engine。例如：

5. 這種搜索引擎能幫助你準確找到你在尋找的信息。The search engine may help you find exactly what you are looking for.

“人肉搜索”，可以譯為cyber manhunt。“人肉搜索引擎”，可以譯為Human-powered search engine, human search engine。▲

（本欄目供稿：王逢鑫教授）