Meanwhile, other scientists were also searching for evidence to support the established oxidative stress theory 与此同时，其它科学家也在寻找证据支持已经建立的氧化应激学说

search for:搜寻； 寻找

They made a long search for the lost child.

他们花很长时间寻找失踪的孩子。

We did a computer search for all the hyphenated words.

我们用电脑查找所有用连字符连接的词。

This was not what Arlan had hoped for.这个结果不是阿伦所希望的

hope for:希望； 期待

The doctors held out little hope for his recovery.

大夫们都对他恢复健康不抱多大希望。

We all hope for an improvement in the weather.

我们都希望天气好转。

常用短语:

hope for the best不丧失希望

hope against hope仍抱一线希望

in the hope of期待着