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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

probe

英  [prəʊb]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • probes

    1. [C 可数名词] 调查 , 探寻

    A probe into something is the act of asking questions or trying to discover facts about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA.

    联邦大陪审团对食品及药品管理局内部腐败的一次调查。

    2. [C 可数名词] 探针

    A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body.

    双语例句

    例：

    a fibre-optic probe.

    一根光纤探针。

    VERB. 动词

  • probes , probing , probed

    1. [I 不及物动词] 调查 , 探寻

    If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become.

    他们越深入调查他的背景，对他的怀疑就越强烈。

    例：

    For three years, I have probed for understanding.

    三年来我一直都想弄明白。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 用探针探查

    If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body.

    双语例句

    例：

    The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again.

    外科医生会拿起器械进行探查、修复，然后再缝合。

    例：

    Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area.

    阿米德医生在敏感部位周围做了探查。

    3. [T 及物动词] 搜索

    If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for.

    双语例句

    例：

    A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place.

    一束手电筒的光束搜索了离他们藏身之处仅几码远的低矮灌丛。

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