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| 1 | I/T to travel around an area in order to learn about it or to search for something valuable such as oil 勘探；探测；考察 |
| The town is a good base from which to explore this charming corner of Italy. 想在意大利的这一美丽的地区寻幽览胜的话，该镇是个不错的落脚地。 |
| +for companies exploring for oil 石油勘探公司 |
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| 2 | T to examine or discuss a subject , idea etc thoroughly 探讨，研究（主题、思想等） |
| We are exploring the possibility of taking legal action against the company. 我们在研究对这家公司采取法律行动的可能性。 |
| It is worth exploring other ways of dealing with this problem. 处理这个问题的其他方法也值得研究一下。 |
| +how/what/why etc He wants to explore how the human brain will function under these circumstances. 他想研究一下人脑在这些情形下是如何活动的。 |
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