search和search for的用法：search可作名词和动词，意思有搜索、查找、思索、细想等，后面直接跟“被搜的对象”；search for作为介词短语，意为搜索、搜寻、访求、追索，后加名词，强调搜索具体的目标。

一、search的基本释义及用法介绍

1、search可作为名词，意为搜索;搜寻;搜查;查找;检索。

例句：She went into the kitchen in search of a drink.

她进了厨房，想找点喝的。

Eventually the search was called off.

搜查最后被取消了。

The search for a cure goes on.

人们还在继续探寻治疗方法。

2、search还可作为动词，意为搜索;搜寻;搜查;查找;搜身;思索，细想(问题答案等)。

例句：The customs officers searched through our bags.

海关官员搜遍了我们的行李。

Firefighters searched the buildings for survivors.

消防队员在建筑物中搜寻幸存者。

Visitors are regularly searched as they enter the building.

参观者进入大楼时要接受例行的搜身检查。

He searched desperately for something to say.

他搜肠刮肚，想找点话说。

二、search for的中文释义及用法介绍

search for中文翻译为搜索，搜寻;访求;追索，强调有具体的目标。

例句：The search for a new vaccine will take priority over all other medical research.

研制新的疫苗将排在其他一切医学研究之前。

Members of the public joined the search for the missing boy.

许多民众加入了搜寻失踪男孩的行动。

She persisted in her search for the truth.

她执著地追求真理。

You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet.

你可以利用因特网的目录服务搜索人名。