locate

1. V-T If you locate something or someone, you find out where they are. 找到[正式]

The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome. 科學(xué)家們想找到該基因在染色體上的位置。

2. V-T If you locate something in a particular place, you put it there or build it there. 把…建在[正式]

Atlanta was voted the best city in which to locate a business by more than 400 chief executives. 亞特蘭大被四百多位企業(yè)首席執(zhí)行官投票選為建立公司的最佳城市。

3. V-I If you locate in a particular place, you move there or open a business there. 定居; 營業(yè)[美國英語] [商業(yè)]

...tax breaks for businesses that locate in run-down neighbourhoods. …對在衰落地段營業(yè)的公司的減稅。