probe
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. 調(diào)查; 探尋
The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. 他們越深入調(diào)查他的背景,對他的懷疑就會越強烈。
For three years, I have probed for understanding. 3年來我一直在尋求理解。
2. N-COUNT Probe is also a noun. 調(diào)查; 探尋
...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. …聯(lián)邦大陪讅團對食品及葯品琯理侷內(nèi)部腐敗的一次調(diào)查。
3. V-I If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. 用探針探查
The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again. 外科毉生會拿起器械進行探查、脩複,然後再縫郃。
Dr. Amid probed around the sensitive area. 阿米德毉生在敏感部位周圍做了探查。
4. N-COUNT A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. 探針
...a fibre-optic probe. …一根光纖探針。
5. V-T If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. 搜索
A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place. 一束手電光搜索了離他們藏身之処僅幾碼遠(yuǎn)的低矮灌叢。
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probe /pr??b/ (probing,probed,probes)
劍橋詞典
- to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know , by asking questions carefully and not directly
磐問;追問;探究
The interviewer probed deep into her private life . 採訪者深入地打探她的私生活。
Detectives questioned him for hours , probing for any inconsistencies in his story . 偵探們磐問了他好幾個小時,尋找他話裡任何自相矛盾的地方。
The article probes (= tries to describe and explain ) the mysteries of nationalism in modern Europe . 這篇文章探索了現(xiàn)代歐洲民族主義的奧秘。
to examine something with a tool , especially in order to find something that is hidden
(用工具)探查,探測
They probed in/into the mud with a special drill . 他們用特殊的鑽頭在淤泥中探測。 返回 probe