locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
Anh
~ 2400
megtalál, meghatároz, elhelyez, helyet kap
ĐỘNG TỪ
A2
1
megtalál
A2
meghatároz
B2
Mẫu sử dụng:
to locate [someone/something]
The police were able to locate the missing child within hours.
A rendőrség néhány órán belül megtalálta az eltűnt gyermeket.
I finally located my keys under the couch.
Végül megtaláltam a kulcsaimat a kanapé alatt.
We used GPS to locate the restaurant.
Ví dụ cho người học
I can locate my phone with this app.
Ezzel az alkalmazással meg tudom találni a telefonomat.
The police will locate the lost dog.
A rendőrség meg fogja találni az elveszett kutyát.
We can locate the school on this map.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
Nghĩa
Find the exact position
Cụm từ đi kèm
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
Từ đồng nghĩa
find (More general; does not always imply precision in determining position.)
|
detect (Often used for sensing or discovering something hidden or hard to notice.)
Từ trái nghĩa
lose (Means to no longer know the position of something or someone.)
Chủ đề
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
Định nghĩa
To find where someone or something is.
To discover or determine the exact place or position of someone or something.
ĐỘNG TỪ
B1
2
elhelyez
B1
helyet kap
B2
Mẫu sử dụng:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
They decided to locate the new store downtown.
Úgy döntöttek, hogy az új üzlet a belvárosban kap helyet.
The engineers will locate the control panel near the entrance.
A mérnökök a bejárat közelében fogják elhelyezni a vezérlőpanelt.
We located the tent away from the river.
Ví dụ cho người học
They will locate the school next to the park.
Az iskola a park mellett kap majd helyet.
We will locate the chairs in the hall.
A székeket a teremben fogjuk elhelyezni.
He located his desk near the window.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
Nghĩa
Put in a specific place
Cụm từ đi kèm
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
Từ đồng nghĩa
position (Emphasizes the arrangement or alignment of something.)
|
situate (Often used in formal contexts to describe placing in a location.)
Từ trái nghĩa
displace (To move something from its correct or usual position.)
Chủ đề
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
Định nghĩa
To put something in a certain place.
To situate or position something in a particular place.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
locate
IPA
GB/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
US/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
loc - ate (2 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (loc)
Các dạng từ
Verb
- Base: locate
- 3rd Person Singular: locates
- Present Participle: locating
- Past: located
Họ từ
Cách diễn đạt
easy to locate
1/ˈizi tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Simple to find
Easy to find or see.
Ví dụ
- The museum is easy to locate from the main road.
- Her house is easy to locate because it's near the park.
hard to locate
1/hˈɑɹd tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Difficult to find
Not easy to find or see.
Ví dụ
- Good coffee shops can be hard to locate in this area.
- The source of the leak was hard to locate.
locate on a map
1/lˈoʊkˌeɪt ˈɔn ə mˈæp/
fixed phrase
Find on a map
To see and mark where a place is on a map.
Ví dụ
- Can you locate Paris on this map?
- She quickly located the hotel on her phone's map.