probe

英 [prəʊb]

美 [proʊb]

v.  盘问; 追问; 探究; (用细长工具)探查，查看
n.  探究; 详尽调查; (不载人)航天探测器，宇宙探测航天器; (医生用的)探针

复数：probes　过去分词：probed　现在分词：probing　过去式：probed　第三人称单数：probes　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4897 / COCA.5178

同义词辨析

investigateexamineexploreprobe【导航词义：调查】

牛津词典

verb

• 盘问；追问；探究
  to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth
  1. He didn't like the media probing into his past.
     他不愿意媒体追问他的过去。
  2. a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s
     追查20世纪90年代政府丑闻的电视节目
• （用细长工具）探查，查看
  to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument
  1. The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.
     医生检查伤口是否有感染的迹象。
  2. Searchlights probed the night sky.
     探照灯扫视着夜空。

noun

• 探究；详尽调查
  a thorough and careful investigation of sth
  1. a police probe into the financial affairs of the company
     警方对这家公司财务进行的详细调查
• （不载人）航天探测器，宇宙探测航天器
  a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
• （医生用的）探针
  a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body
• 探测仪；传感器；取样器
  a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information

柯林斯词典

• VERB 调查；打探；探究；探听
  If youprobe intosomething, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it.
  1. The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become...
     他们越调查他的背景，疑团就越多。
  2. For three years, I have probed for understanding...
     3年来，我一直都想弄明白。
  3. The Office of Fair Trading has been probing banking practices...
     公平贸易署一直在对银行业务进行调查。
  4. The form asks probing questions.
     这个表格问了一些试探性的问题。
  5. Probeis also a noun.
     
  6. ...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA.
     联邦大陪审团对食品及药物管理局内部的腐败进行的调查
• VERB （医生或牙医用细长的工具）探查，检查，探测
  If a doctor or dentistprobes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body.
  1. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again...
     外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。
  2. Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area...
     阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。
  3. A doctor probed deep in his shoulder wound for shrapnel.
     一位医生伸进他肩膀伤口的深处寻找弹片。
• N-COUNT （医生和牙医用的）探针
  Aprobeis a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body.
  1. ...a fibre-optic probe.
     光纤探针
• VERB 搜寻；搜查
  If youprobea place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for.
  1. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place...
     一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。
  2. I probed around for some time in the bushes.
     我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。
• VERB 侦察，侦探（敌情）
  In a conflict such as a war, if one sideprobesanother side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops.
  1. He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds...
     他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。
  2. Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences.
     几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。
  3. Probeis also a noun.
     
  4. Small probes would give the allied armies some combat experience before the main battle started.
     小规模的试探可以使盟军在大战开始之前获得一些战斗经验。
• N-COUNT 航天探测器；太空探测器
  Aspace probeis a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth.
  1. Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets...
     它的圆环是从地球上用望远镜发现的，但是太空探测器后来又发现了围绕其他一些星球的壮观的圆环。
  2. The Pioneer probes have on board ultraviolet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth.
     “先驱者号”太空探测器上装有紫外线仪器，能够对在地球上探测不到的光进行测量。

英英释义

noun

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
• an exploratory action or expedition
• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
  1. there was a congressional probe into the scandal
  Synonym:investigation

verb

• question or examine thoroughly and closely
  Synonym:examine
• examine physically with or as if with a probe
  1. probe an anthill
  Synonym:dig intopoke into

双语例句

• I probed around for some time in the bushes.
  我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。
• A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place
  一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。
• He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds
  他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。
• Objective To probe into causes, hazards and nursing countermeasures of disease variety in debridement.
  目的探讨清创术中患者病情变化的原因及其危险因素和护理对策。
• A simple method of protein detection was developed using a double-stranded fluorescent aptamer probe.
  发展了一种基于双链荧光核酸适体探针的简单快速检测蛋白质的分析方法。
• I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society.
  我再次通过照相机冷漠、坚定的镜头去探究这个病态的社会。
• Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters 'defences.
  几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。
• A doctor used a probe to remove metal fragments from a wound.
  医生用探针将伤口中的金属碎片取出。
• The form asks probing questions.
  这个表格问了一些试探性的问题。
• The author makes a probe into the program of building an electronic library in view of the equipment type selection and adoptive technology.
  对电子图书馆的建设方案，采用的技术和设备选型作了分析和探讨。