搜寻

• 拼音: sōu xún
• 汉字拆解: 搜 = 扌(hand radical) + 叟 (to search carefully); 寻 = 彐 + 工 + 寸 (to seek, to look for)

含义

To search for something or someone in a thorough and systematic manner. Implies persistence and the covering of a wide area or multiple sources in the course of searching.

More literary and formal than 寻找. Used for searches conducted over a wide area, across a span of time, or through many sources. Common in journalistic, literary, and formal written contexts. Can describe both physical searches and the pursuit of information, meaning, or purpose. Often suggests a prolonged or determined search effort.

例句

1. 侦探花费数月时间搜寻关键证人的下落，最终在一座偏远的滨海小镇上找到了那位隐姓埋名多年的目击者。
2. 该平台利用人工智能技术，帮助用户在海量数据中精准搜寻所需的学术文献与专业研究报告。
3. 这支考古队正在戈壁深处搜寻一座失落已久的古代城市遗址，期望通过此次发掘揭开那段尘封千年的历史之谜。

用法指南

语境: literary, investigation, journalism, technology

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 警方向全国发出协查通报，在各地公安机关的配合下展开搜寻工作，锁定并追踪一名涉案在逃人员的行踪。(Police issued a nationwide wanted notice and, with the cooperation of local authorities, launched a search operation to track and locate a suspect who had fled the scene.)
• 这位作家用了三十年时间搜寻父亲的战时日记，最终在欧洲一座档案馆的尘封文件中找到了令他泪流满面的答案。(This writer spent thirty years searching for his father's wartime diary, finally finding the tear-inducing answer among dust-covered documents in a European archive.)

错误说法

• 搜寻 与 搜查 不同，不含官方执法的强制含义 — 不说'警察搜寻了他的房子'来表达强制检查；执法意义上的搜查应用 搜查

起源与历史

搜 (to search) + 寻 (to seek, to look for) — to search and seek out across a wide range

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal