find out phr v 1 [I,T find sth ↔ out] to get information about something or someone 了解，查明: We never found out her name. 我们从不知道她的名字。 + what/how/where etc He hurried off to find out what the problem was. 他赶忙去弄明白出了什么问题。 + about If Dad finds out about this, he'll go crazy. 如果爸爸知道这事，他会气疯的。 2 [T find sb out] informal to discover that someone has been doing something dishonest or illegal 【非正式】 发现〔某人〕不诚实［违法］: What happens if we're found out? 如果我们被查出来会怎样？