ex·plo·ra·tion
noun OPAL W
/ˌekspləˈreɪʃn/
/ˌekspləˈreɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- 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.
太空探索的预算被削减了。 - 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阔未知地区的探索
Extra Examples- the exploration of space
太空探索 - 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.
该船是为深空探索而设计的。 - 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.
孩子的大部分游戏都与探索他/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.
库克在他的第一次探险航行中绘制了新西兰海岸线。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- energy
- gas
- mineral
- …
- carry out
- begin
- continue
- …
- take place
- activity
- programme/program
- company
- …
- exploration for
- Budgets for space exploration have been cut back.
- an examination of something in order to find out about it
探究；研究；探测 - These findings merit further exploration.
这些发现值得进一步探讨。 - the book’s explorations of the human mind
本书对人类思维的研究
Extra Examples- My 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- extensive
- deep
- …
- need
- require
- begin
- …
- These findings merit further exploration.
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.