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the act of travelling through a place in order to find out about it or look for something in it 勘探；勘查；探索 Budgets for space exploration have been cut back. 太空探索的预算已经削减。 oil exploration (= searching for oil in the ground) 石油勘探 Lewis and Clark's exploration of the vast uncharted area of the north-west 刘易斯和克拉克对西北广大未知区域的探索
Extra Examplesthe exploration of space 对宇宙空间的探索 Exploration activity slowed during the 1970s. 20 世纪 70 年代勘探活动放慢了速度。 Extensive exploration was carried out using the latest drilling technology. 人们应用最新的钻井技术进行了广泛的勘探。 speculative exploration for oil 投机性石油勘探 Mineral exploration is continuing throughout the area. 整个地区的矿产勘探仍在继续。 The ship is designed for deep space exploration. 这艘船是为深空探测而设计的。 Interest developed in the scientific exploration of the sea. 对海洋科学探索产生了兴趣。 Much of a child's play is concerned with the exploration of his/her environment. 孩子的游戏大多与探索他/她的环境有关。 This was the time of Humboldt's explorations in South America. 这就是洪堡在南美探索的时期。 Cook charted the coast of New Zealand on his first voyage of exploration. 库克在第一次探险中绘制了新西兰海岸的地图。
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an examination of something in order to find out about it 探究；研究；探测 These findings merit further exploration. 这些结果值得进一步探究。 the book’s explorations of the human mind 本书对人类思维的研究
Extra ExamplesMy ideas needed more careful exploration. 我的一些想法需要更仔细的研究。 creative exploration of music as a medium in education 对音乐作为教育媒介的富有创造性的探索 her personal exploration of spirituality 她个人对灵性的探究
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an investigation): from French, or from Latin exploratio(n-), from the verb explorare ‘search out’, from ex- ‘out’ + plorare ‘utter a cry’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.