剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - explore collapse

explore
[UK]/ɪk'splɔ:r / [US]/-'splɔ:r/
verb [I or T]
I
* to search and discover (about something)
探测；勘查；探索；研究

1. to explore space
探索太空

2. The best way to explore the countryside is on foot.
在农村考察，步行是最好的方法了。

3. The children have gone exploring in the woods.
孩子们去树林里观察大自然了。

* to think or talk about something in order to find out more about it
仔细研究；探究，探讨

1. Let's explore this issue/idea more fully.
让我们进一步探讨一下这个问题／计划。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - explore collapse

explore ★★★☆☆
1.VERB 动词在…探险;探测;勘察;考察 If you explore a place, you travel around it to find out what it is like.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V

  • I just wanted to explore Paris, read Sartre, listen to Sidney Bechet...

    我就想逛逛巴黎，读读萨特的作品，听听悉尼·贝谢的音乐。

  • After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral...

    游览完老城区之后，会由导游带队参观大教堂。

  • We've come to this country, let's explore!

    我们已经来到这个国家，让我们好好探访一番吧！

exploration

  • We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan...

    我们安排了几天时间考察科潘宏伟的玛雅遗址。

  • We set out on this voyage of exploration with an open mind.

    我们以开放的心态开始了这次探索之旅。

2.VERB 动词探讨，研究（观点或建议） If you explore an idea or suggestion, you think about it or comment on it in detail, in order to assess it carefully.

【语法信息】：V n

  • The secretary is expected to explore ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area...

    部长预计将会探讨这个地区战后重建的意见。

  • The film explores the relationship between artist and instrument.

    这部电影探究了艺术家和乐器之间的关系。

exploration

  • I looked forward to the exploration of their theories.

    我期待着研究他们的理论。

3.VERB 动词勘探 If people explore an area for a substance such as oil or minerals, they study the area and do tests on the land to see whether they can find it.

【语法信息】：V for n

【语法信息】：be V-ed for n

【语法信息】：Also V n for n

  • Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil...

    那次行动的重点是一口深达1英里的井，最初钻那口井是为了勘探石油。

  • The government is allowing the areas of inshore coastal waters to be explored for oil and gas.

    当局允许在近海海域勘探石油和天然气。

exploration

  • Oryx is a Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and production concern.

    奥瑞克斯是一家设在达拉斯的石油和天然气勘探生产公司。

4.VERB 动词（用手等）摸索，触碰 If you explore something with your hands or fingers, you touch it to find out what it feels like.

【语法信息】：V n

  • He explored the wound with his finger, trying to establish its extent.

    他用手指摸了摸伤口，想要确定受伤的程度。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - explore collapse

☞ explore
ex·plore / ik5splC:(r) / verb1. ~ (sth) (for sth) to travel to or around an area or a country in order to learn about it
   勘探；勘查；探索；考察:
  ▪ [VN]
   The city is best explored on foot.
   最好是徒步考察这个城市。
   They explored the land to the south of the Murray river.
   他们勘查了墨累河以南的地区。
  ▪ [V]
   As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore.
   我们一来到岛上就急不可耐地考察起来。
   companies exploring for (= searching for) oil
   石油勘探公司
2. [VN] to examine sth completely or carefully in order to find out more about it
   探究；调查研究；探索；探讨
   SYN  analyse :
   These ideas will be explored in more detail in chapter 7.
   这些想法将在第 7 章里作更详细的探讨。
3. [VN] to feel sth with your hands or another part of the body
   (用手或身体某部)探察,探查:
   She explored the sand with her toes.
   她用脚趾探查沙的情况。
⇨ see also unexplored

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - explore collapse

explore verb

1. travel around an area

• VERB + EXPLORE be keen to (esp. BrE), want to, wish to | be free to In the afternoon you'll be free to ~ a little on your own.

• PREPOSITION for companies exploring for oil

2. think about sth in detail

• ADVERB extensively | briefly | fully, thoroughly These questions have not been fully ~d yet. | properly, systematically | carefully, deeply (esp. AmE), in detail This idea is worth exploring in some detail. | further | usefully The movie usefully ~s some of the issues surrounding adoption.

• VERB + EXPLORE need to | be keen to (esp. BrE), want to, wish to | aim to, seek to | begin to, continue to

Explore is used with these nouns as the subject: article, artist, chapter, essay, exhibit, paper, research, researcher, study
Explore is used with these nouns as the object: alternative, area, aspect, avenue, cave, complexity, concept, connection, consequence, delight, difference, dimension, effect, environment, extent, feasibility, frontier, galaxy, heritage, idea, impact, implication, influence, issue, limit, link, meaning, moon, mystery, myth, nature, neighbourhood, ocean, paradox, perception, possibility, potential, problem, question, reach, reason, region, relation, relationship, relevance, role, root, sexuality, strategy, subject, terrain, territory, theme, topic, unknown, way, wilderness, wonder, workings, world, wreck

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - explore collapse

explore verb
⇨ investigate (explore these ideas) ⇨ tour (explore the city)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - explore collapse

explore

verb
1 they wanted to explore the possibility of achieving a longer-term solution
INVESTIGATE , look into/over, enquire into, consider, check out; examine, research, survey, scrutinize, scan, study, review, probe, dissect, take stock of, go into, go over with a fine-tooth comb.

2 an opportunity to explore the stunning scenery all around them
TRAVEL OVER , tour, traverse, range over; survey, take a look at, inspect, investigate, scout, reconnoitre, search, prospect; informal recce, give something a/the once-over, give something a look-see, give something a going-over.

词源记忆 - explore collapse

explore 探索
ex-, 向外；-plor, 大叫，哭喊，词源同deplore。原指猎人在打猎时通过叫声把鸟赶出山林，后引申词义探索。