英 [ləʊˈkeɪtɪŋ] 美 [loʊˈkeɪtɪŋ]
n. 定位；定位查找
v. 找出；安置；确定……的位置（locate 的 ing 形式）
locate /ləʊˈkeɪt/ CET4 TEM4 [ locating located locates ]
及物动词 If you locate something or someone, you find out where they are. 找到
The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome.
科学家们想找到该基因在染色体上的位置。
及物动词 If you locate something in a particular place, you put it there or build it there. 把…建在
Atlanta was voted the best city in which to locate a business by more than 400 chief executives.
亚特兰大被四百多位企业首席执行官投票选为建立公司的最佳城市。
不及物动词 If you locate in a particular place, you move there or open a business there. 定居; 营业
...tax breaks for businesses that locate in run-down neighbourhoods.
…对在衰落地段营业的公司的减税。
the act of putting something in a certain place
同义词： placement / location / position / positioning / emplacement
a determination of the place where something is
同义词： localization / localisation / location / fix
定位-引用次数：764
To locate the license plate ,we take the two-step strategy .
在牌照定位中，我们采取的两步定位的策略。
参考来源汽车牌照识别系统的研究与初步实现
定位-引用次数：408
Smart phone can achieve locate,screen,picture display.
智能手机可以实现人员定位,视屏,图片显示等功能。
摆置-引用次数：1
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... finding 调查(或研究)的结果... locating 定位 winning 胜利 ...
定位；定位查找
Inspection technology allows more than 100 million measurements a second to be made across the ribbon, locating flaws the unaided eye would be unable to see.
检测技术可以在一秒钟内对玻璃带进行超过1亿次的测量，从而定位肉眼无法看到的瑕疵。
Some drawbacks to wind farms include visual pollution and noise, although these can be overcome by improving their design and locating them in isolated areas.
风力发电场的一些缺点包括视觉污染和噪音，尽管这些可以通过改进设计和将它们安置在偏远地区来克服。
On overcast days, however, the birds were disoriented and had trouble locating their food box.
然而，在阴天，这些鸟儿会迷失方向，难以找到食盒的位置。
In any case,John and Alan Lomax were very dedicated to locating these what they thought of as folk geniuses.
VOA : special.2010.01.18
It involves moving thousands of U.S.forces stationed on Okinawa, building a new air base and re-locating some of the troops to Guam, among other aspects.
VOA : standard.2009.10.18
The United States is also in the process of re-locating tens of thousands of its troops in South Korea, and is working toward a transfer of wartime command responsibility to South Korean forces in 2012.
VOA : standard.2009.10.18
Privacy-conscious users who know how to find and delete regular cookies might have trouble locating supercookies.
To help her students, she has come up with an eight-step process for locating a mentor.
Less than an hour later, police swarmed into Watertown, locating and capturing the suspect.
FORBES: Suspect Captured In Hunt For Boston Marathon Bombers