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Probe Probed Proʊb V.探求;细察 Past Career Judge Qualifications

Front probe
Pron [proʊb]
Back 【probe】
v.探求;细察
They probed his past career to judge his qualifications.
他们探求他过去的职业,以评断他的资格。
Vocab
probean exploratory action or expedition

If you probe something, you investigate it thoroughly. If you go into business with someone, you might probe her finances to make sure that she has a good track record.

Although it is usually used as a verb — "the police probed the man’s disappearance" — it can also be used as a noun to describe an information-gathering device. In 1979 the United States launched the world's first space probe into outer space. It was a spacecraft rigged with cameras, which were used to photograph Jupiter and Saturn.

All forms of 'probe' will appear on average once every 757 pages.
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