| 单词 | probe |
| 释义 | probe (proʊb ) Word forms: probes , probing , probed 1. verb If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. [VERB + into] For three years, I have probed for understanding. [VERB + for] The Office of Fair Trading has been probing banking practices. [VERB noun] The form asks probing questions. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: examine, research, go into, investigate Probe is also a noun. ...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. probing Word forms: probings countable noun If he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings. 2. verb If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again. [VERB] Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area. [VERB preposition/adverb] A doctor probed deep in his shoulder wound for shrapnel. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: explore, examine, poke, prod 3. countable noun A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. ...a fibre-optic probe. 4. verb If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place. [VERB noun] I probed around for some time in the bushes. [VERB adverb/preposition] 5. verb 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. [journalism] He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds. [VERB noun] Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences. [VERB noun] Probe is also a noun. Small probes would give the allied armies some combat experience. 6. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] 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. Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets. The Pioneer probes have on board ultra-violet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth. Collocations: conduct a probe It pledged to conduct the probe 'as quickly and thoroughly as possible'. The Sun A sole administrator was appointed to conduct a probe into the operations of the customs board. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Council chiefs who are conducting a probe into the gaffe are contacting relatives of the deceased. The Sun After seven months of conducting the probe, the claims were dismissed by the court ruling that there was not enough evidence to charge him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He and the mayor have asked for a federal probe. Houston Chronicle It said it was co-operating with a federal probe. The Sun Instead, based on the subpoena, the federal probe seemed to be focusing on a possible cover-up by school officials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They called for an independent probe on the entire sector and wants a temporary suspension on retail mergers and takeovers. The Sun The case against him collapsed when an independent probe showed the computer had 251 potentially toxic files which downloaded the images. The Sun He ordered independent probes into deaths if families demand them. The Sun Her escape was so extraordinary that police chiefs have launched an internal probe over fears an officer deliberately allowed her to get away. The Sun Lawyers had mulled it over for eight months before ruling out charges, but the pair still faced an internal probe. The Sun City's internal probe has been hampered by players and staff being away during the international break. The Sun A gynaecologist/obstetrician tried to scan my abdomen, then had to reach for an internal probe. Times,Sunday Times Top brass were tipped off and launched an internal probe. The Sun The unlikely aim of the mission was to land a probe on the comet's surface — something that has never been done before. Times, Sunday Times It will land a probe on the surface of the asteroid, a leftover from the formation of the solar system. The Sun The state of our roads may often resemble the surface of the comet they recently landed a probe on, but it seems they are about to repair themselves. The Sun Officers ordered a probe after a complaint from a former colleague. The Sun Ministers have ordered a probe into where the money goes and action could be taken to make sure staff get a fair deal. The Sun He has ordered a probe into the alleged use of software that bypasses emissions standards for certain air pollutants. The Sun Last night bosses ordered a probe. The Sun As we reveal today, they will not let any winding-down of the official police probe stop their efforts. The Sun Leaked evidence suggests he tried to cover up a police probe after her arrest for theft. The Sun Mat, said to have been left badly shaken, was prosecuted for careless driving after a police probe. The Sun The police probe was sparked last year by a whistle-blower on the stroke unit. The Sun It followed a £60million police probe led by 200 investigators trawling through 143,000 documents. The Sun In the absence of such reasons, the authorities have a clear duty to probe deeper and, where appropriate, issue bans. Times, Sunday Times I probe deeper - what was a bit too much? Times, Sunday Times Two further stories probe deeper into the ethics of justice and vengeance. The Times Literary Supplement He would reply by asking more questions intended to probe deeper into the issue. Globe and Mail The afternoons followed a similar pattern, enabling us to probe deeper into the delta each day and, at the same time, providing a fresh vista to go with every meal. Times, Sunday Times Investigators continue to probe the cause. The Sun Investigators are probing the cause of the crash. The Sun Police are probing the cause of the disturbance. The Sun The bluegrass legend, 70, was kept awake to perform while surgeons probed the cause of a career-threatening hand tremor. The Sun Officials are probing the cause of the blasts. The Sun The mission has achieved so many firsts, they stressed, and would continue to do so with or without the robotic probe on the ground. Times, Sunday Times They feared that instead of making a soft landing the robotic probe may have crashed or damaged its antenna. The Sun And when they or any robotic probes come home, an effective form of quarantine will be essential. The Sun He was a charismatic spokesperson for science, particularly the exploration of the solar system by robotic probes. Smithsonian Mag Between 1979 and 1981, a series of robotic probes flew by it on grand tours of the outer solar system. Globe and Mail I always use a temperature probe to check for done-ness when barbecuing - it's fail-safe. The Sun (2014) The best way to test for doneness is with a temperature probe. The Sun (2013) But the three most useful things are a decent pair of tongs, a temperature probe for foolproof 'doneness' testing and a ' chimney'. The Sun (2013) A hospital specialist was able to remotely guide the hand of the paramedic that was holding the ultrasound probe to obtain the most useful images. Times, Sunday Times An ultrasound probe releases a beam of high-intensity ultrasound through the back passage into the prostate gland. Times, Sunday Times He was the first surgeon to utilize ultrasound probe in robotic kidney surgery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ultrasound probe can be pushed firmly against the patient's skin to compress the neck of the pseudoaneurysm for usually about 20 minutes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This technique requires placing an ultrasound probe on the central cornea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And an unmanned probe in lunar orbit had photographed the whole planet in low-resolution black-and-white in 1966. Christianity Today Unmanned probes can be dispatched farther and faster than astronauts, and no one dies when they fail. Times, Sunday Times Instead, it costs $450 million (283 million) a launch (excluding the $1.7 billion to build each shuttle) that some would prefer was used for unmanned probes. Times, Sunday Times Unquestionably, it soaked up tens of billions of dollars that could have funded better science with unmanned probes and deeper human forays into the cosmos using cheaper, old-fashioned rockets. Times, Sunday Times There are updates on the dizzying amount of unmanned probes careering around the solar system. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 调查 Japanese: 探りを入れる |
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