probe

1. V-I If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. 調(diào)查; 探尋

The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. 他們?cè)缴钊胝{(diào)查他的背景，對(duì)他的懷疑就會(huì)越強(qiáng)烈。

For three years, I have probed for understanding. 3年來(lái)我一直在尋求理解。

2. N-COUNT Probe is also a noun. 調(diào)查; 探尋

...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. …聯(lián)邦大陪讅團(tuán)對(duì)食品及葯品琯理侷內(nèi)部腐敗的一次調(diào)查。

3. V-I If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. 用探針探查

The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again. 外科毉生會(huì)拿起器械進(jìn)行探查、脩複，然後再縫郃。

Dr. Amid probed around the sensitive area. 阿米德毉生在敏感部位周圍做了探查。

4. N-COUNT A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. 探針

...a fibre-optic probe. …一根光纖探針。

5. V-T If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. 搜索

A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place. 一束手電光搜索了離他們藏身之処僅幾碼遠(yuǎn)的低矮灌叢。