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[dɪ'skʌvə]гл.1) обнаруживать, находить; заставатьShe returned home from a shopping trip early last night and upon entering her apartment discovered an intruder. — Вчера вечером она рано вернулась домой из похода по магазинам и, войдя в квартиру, обнаружила в ней постороннего.
She had once discovered him playing cards with his tutor. — Однажды она застала его за игрой в карты со своим учителем.
Syn:2) обнаруживать, выяснять, узнаватьI discovered I was out of gas. — Я обнаружил, что у меня кончился бензин.
She could never believe that in the same situation she shouldn't have discovered the truth. (J. Austen, Sense and Sensibility) — Она была уверена в том, что в подобных обстоятельствах она узнала бы правду.
Syn:3) находить, обнаруживать (ранее неизвестный химический элемент, вид растений или животных и т. п.), открывать ( новые земли)to discover X-rays / penicillin — открыть рентгеновские лучи, пенициллин
Polonium was discovered by Marie Curie in natural uranium. — Мария Кюри обнаружила полоний в природном уране.
The island was discovered by Captain Cook in I775. — Остров был открыт капитаном Куком в 1775 г.
4) изведывать, прочувствоватьI have discovered the benefits of low fat eating. — Я открыл для себя преимущества маложирной диеты.
5) замечать талант ( о продюсере)Another talent discovered by Brian Epstein, Cilla Black, used to work at the Cavern as a hat-check girl in her pre-fame days. — До того, как стать знаменитой, Цилла Блэк - ещё один талант, открытый Брайаном Эпстайном, работала в "Каверне" гардеробщицей.
6) уст.а) раскрывать ( тайну), разглашать ( секрет)б) ( discover oneself) обнаружить себя, открытьсяв) выставлять напоказ, хвастаться, демонстрироватьг) обнаруживать (своё внутреннее состояние, качество)••
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