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probe n.探针,探测器 vt.(以探针等)探查,查明,调查,探究 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. ★★☆☆☆ 2012.1

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[prəub] 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. In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to adequately probe social and biological factors. 1[VERB 动词]调查；打探；探究；探听 If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it.   [V into n]  [V for n]  [V n]  [V-ing]The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become...他们越调查他的背景，疑团就越多。For three years, I have probed for understanding...3年来，我一直都想弄明白。The Office of Fair Trading has been probing banking practices...公平贸易署一直在对银行业务进行调查。The form asks probing questions.这个表格问了一些试探性的问题。Probe is also a noun....a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA.联邦大陪审团对食品及药物管理局内部的腐败进行的调查probingIf he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings.如果他继续留在这里，就可以远离新闻界和他们的纠缠。2[VERB 动词]（医生或牙医用细长的工具）探查，检查，探测 If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body.   [V]  [V prep/adv]The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again...外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area...阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。A doctor probed deep in his shoulder wound for shrapnel.一位医生伸进他肩膀伤口的深处寻找弹片。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（医生和牙医用的）探针 A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. ...a fibre-optic probe.光纤探针4[VERB 动词]搜寻；搜查 If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for.   [V n]  [V adv/prep]A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place...一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。I probed around for some time in the bushes.我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。5[VERB 动词]侦察，侦探（敌情） In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops.   [V n]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds...他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences.几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。Probe is also a noun.Small probes would give the allied armies some combat experience before the main battle started.小规模的试探可以使盟军在大战开始之前获得一些战斗经验。6[N-COUNT 可数名词]航天探测器；太空探测器 A space probe is a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth.   [usu n N]Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets...它的圆环是从地球上用望远镜发现的，但是太空探测器后来又发现了围绕其他一些星球的壮观的圆环。The Pioneer probes have on board ultraviolet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth.“先驱者号”太空探测器上装有紫外线仪器，能够对在地球上探测不到的光进行测量。

英语单词	probe
英美音标	[prəub]
中文释义	n.探针,探测器 vt.(以探针等)探查,查明,调查,探究
vocab简明	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.
vocab扩展	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.
真题原句	In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to adequately probe social and biological factors.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]调查；打探；探究；探听 If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. [V into n] [V for n] [V n] [V-ing] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become... 他们越调查他的背景，疑团就越多。 For three years, I have probed for understanding... 3年来，我一直都想弄明白。 The Office of Fair Trading has been probing banking practices... 公平贸易署一直在对银行业务进行调查。 The form asks probing questions. 这个表格问了一些试探性的问题。 Probe is also a noun. ...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. 联邦大陪审团对食品及药物管理局内部的腐败进行的调查 probing If he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings. 如果他继续留在这里，就可以远离新闻界和他们的纠缠。 2 [VERB 动词]（医生或牙医用细长的工具）探查，检查，探测 If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. [V] [V prep/adv] The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again... 外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。 Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area... 阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。 A doctor probed deep in his shoulder wound for shrapnel. 一位医生伸进他肩膀伤口的深处寻找弹片。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（医生和牙医用的）探针 A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. ...a fibre-optic probe. 光纤探针 4 [VERB 动词]搜寻；搜查 If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. [V n] [V adv/prep] A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place... 一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。 I probed around for some time in the bushes. 我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。 5 [VERB 动词]侦察，侦探（敌情） In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops. [V n] [JOURNALISM 新闻] He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds... 他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。 Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences. 几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。 Probe is also a noun. Small probes would give the allied armies some combat experience before the main battle started. 小规模的试探可以使盟军在大战开始之前获得一些战斗经验。 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]航天探测器；太空探测器 A space probe is a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth. [usu n N] Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets... 它的圆环是从地球上用望远镜发现的，但是太空探测器后来又发现了围绕其他一些星球的壮观的圆环。 The Pioneer probes have on board ultraviolet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth. “先驱者号”太空探测器上装有紫外线仪器，能够对在地球上探测不到的光进行测量。
来源	2012.1

Probe [V N D Space Verb 动词 Probing