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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