probe

美 [proʊb]英 [prəʊb]
  • v.探查;探究;(用细长工具)查看;追问;盘问
  • n.(医生用的)探针;探究;探测仪;(不载人)航天探测器;详尽调查;宇宙探测航天器

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prob 试,试验 + -e

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probeprobe

verb

1

盘问;追问;探究
to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth

He didn't like the media probing into his past.

他不愿意媒体追问他的过去。

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

2

(用细长工具)探查,查看
to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument

The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.

医生检查伤口是否有感染的迹象。

Searchlights probed the night sky.

探照灯扫视着夜空。

noun

1

探究;详尽调查
a thorough and careful investigation of sth

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

2

(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

3

(医生用的)探针
a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body

4

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

probe

频次

  • 1
    VERB 调查;打探;探究;探听
    If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it.

    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。

  • If he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings.

    如果他继续留在这里,就可以远离新闻界和他们的纠缠。

  • 3
    VERB (医生或牙医用细长的工具)探查,检查,探测
    If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body.

    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。

  • 4
    N-COUNT (医生和牙医用的)探针
    A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body.

    ...a fibre-optic probe.

    光纤探针

  • 5
    VERB 搜寻;搜查
    If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for.

    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。

  • 6
    VERB 侦察,侦探(敌情)
    In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops.

    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。

  • 7
    N-COUNT 航天探测器;太空探测器
    A space probe is 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.

    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。

noun

1
an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
2
an exploratory action or expedition
3
a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
4
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
there was a congressional probe into the scandal
Synonym: investigation

verb

1
question or examine thoroughly and closely
Synonym: examine
2
examine physically with or as if with a probe
probe an anthill
Synonym: dig into poke into

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  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. To probe C + + functions , use the following commands

    使用以下命令探查C++函数

  3. She looked away from his dark probing eyes .

    她转移目光,避开他那双锐利的黑眼睛。

  4. They asked a lot of probing questions .

    他们提了许多盘根问底的问题。

  5. The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection .

    医生检查伤口是否有感染的迹象。

  6. Searchlights probed the night sky .

    探照灯扫视着夜空。

  7. For three years , I have probed for understanding

    3年来,我一直都想弄明白。

  8. I probed around for some time in the bushes .

    我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。

  9. 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。

  10. Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area

    阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。

  11. 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。

  12. The form asks probing questions .

    这个表格问了一些试探性的问题。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. When the development bubble burst , federal regulators started probing the balance sheets of the biggest banks .

    房地产开发泡沫破灭后,联邦监管机构开始调查审计各家大型银行的资产负债表。

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. She always wants to probe too deeply into others ' personal affairs .

    她总是想过多地打探别人的私事。

  21. The police have probed claims that he sold fake medicine .

    警方已经就有人称他出售假药一事进行了调查。

  22. The policeman made efforts to probe into the case of murder .

    警察尽全力探究这起谋杀案的真相。

  23. Their probe into the cause of the fire proved futile .

    他们对起火原因的调查没有任何收获。

  24. 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。

  25. His sharp , probing questions showed a quickness of mind .

    他提出的那些尖锐、盘根究底的问题都表明他思想敏捷。

  26. The survey also probed attitudes and anxieties .

    调查还探究了家长的态度和焦虑情况。

  27. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century voyage of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes .

    他们把包括从英国海军舰队19世纪的一次航行到现代自动化海洋探测器等各种渠道测量到的温度读数收集到一起。

  28. The termite control was also probed into further in this text .

    本文还进一步探讨了白蚁的防治方法。

  29. They will probe deeply into the matter .

    他们将深入调查这件事。

  30. China 's Mars probe Tianwen-1 is designed to complete orbiting , landing and roving this year .

    2021年的其他任务还包括:今年,火星探测器天问一号计划实施中国首次火星“绕、落、巡”探测。

前缀
e-试,试验

probable adj. 可能的

prob 试,试验 + -able 可...的

investigate examine explore probe 【导航词义:调查】
investigate v. 调查
〔辨析〕

指查明事故、犯罪、科学问题等的真相。

〔例证〕

A group of government officials are investigating the incident.

一个由政府官员组成的小组正在调查此事件。

He is being investigated by the police on suspicion of embezzlement.

他因涉嫌挪用公款而正在接受警方调查。

examine v. 检查,审查
〔辨析〕

表示仔细、彻底地查看某物,以便发现更多信息。

〔例证〕

The police will have to examine the only piece of physical evidence for fingerprints.

警察得检查这唯一的物证有没有指纹。

A team of experts were sent to examine the wreckage of the airplane.

一队专家被派去检查飞机的残骸。

explore v. 考察,勘查
〔辨析〕

指走访并探察某地以了解相关信息。

〔例证〕

Did they explore the land to the north of the mountain?

他们勘查那座山以北的地区了吗?

Paris is a wonderful city to explore.

巴黎是个值得考察的美妙城市。

probe v. 调查,探究
〔辨析〕

指追查不为人知的事,尤指打探别人不愿透露的事。

〔例证〕

She always wants to probe too deeply into others' personal affairs.

她总是想过多地打探别人的私事。

The police have probed claims that he sold fake medicine.

警方已经就有人称他出售假药一事进行了调查。