exploration
/ˌekspləˈreɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action of travelling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it探险; 考察; 探测; 勘探：
voyages of exploration
探险航行
count noun an exploration of the African interior.对非洲内陆的勘探。
1.1
- thorough analysis of a subject or theme详尽分析, 探索探究：
count noun jurisprudence is an exploration of society and human nature.法理学是对社会和人性的透彻分析。
派生词
explorational
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. (denoting an investigation)： from French, or from Latin exploratio（n-）, from the verb explorare （see EXPLORE）. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.