in search of

基本解释

Hungry beggars roamed the streets in search of food.
饥饿的乞丐在街上徘徊寻找食物。
These workers migrate from country to country in search of work.
这些工人为寻找工作从一个国家迁移到另一个国家。
The geological prospecting team ranged over the desert in search of valuable deposits of oil.
地质勘探队走遍了这片沙漠，寻找有开采价值的油层。

He promised to spend his remaining years in search of designs that could make human existence on Earth easier.
Now, this famine, which strikes Canaan as well, drives Joseph's brothers to Egypt in search of food, and Joseph doesn't reveal himself to his brothers.
现在，这场饥荒却也同样袭击了迦南，迫使约瑟夫的兄弟前往埃及寻找食物，但是约瑟夫并没有在兄弟面前暴露身份。
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And unless, you know, you've been hired to do Pirandello's Six Characters In Search Of An Author, this is not a great thing, because you get something that is really confusing.
可能一点关系也没有,要是你拍的是皮兰德娄的荒诞名剧,《六个找寻作家的角色》,那可能是件好事,因为你得到的是一个足够混乱的结果。
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Now Assouline is at it again, in search of investors for a new development in China.
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