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Delve   [V Delved Pulled Verb Dig Sense 动词

英语单词 delve
英美音标 英 [delv] 美 [delv]
中文释义 vi.探究;挖掘;搜索
英语例句 (1) He delves into lots of old books and papers for the fact.
(2) We need to delve more deeply into these questions.
(3) But someday,I want to learn how to do something before I delve into something else.
(4) She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
中文例句 (1) 他钻研许多古书与文件,以寻找事实。
(2) 这些是我们想进一步了解的。
(3) 但也许有一天在我要进入这些领域前,我想我会深入地去学习。
(4) 她在提包里翻找,拿出一枝钢笔。
vocabulary简明 The verb delve means to dig into, loosen, or investigate. She delved into her family's history and discovered an inventor, a checkers champion, and a circus equestrian in her ancestry.
vocabulary扩展 Delve has a literal meaning of to dig into the earth ("to delve the soil," as in preparing a garden, for example), but this sense is rare now. The verb is most often used in the more figurative sense — like to delve into a problem or into someone's personal life.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]探究;钻研 If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
  [V into n]
  [V adv]
  • Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past...

    珍妮为自己的一无所知而苦恼,开始探究起母亲的过去。

  • If you're interested in a subject, use the Internet to delve deeper.

    如果对某一主题感兴趣,就上网进一步深入研究。

2
[VERB 动词](在壁橱、袋子等中)搜寻,翻找 If you delve inside something such as a cupboard or a bag, you search inside it.
  [V prep/adv]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • She delved into her rucksack and pulled out a folder.

    她在背包里翻找一番后拿出了一个文件夹。

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