probe
verb
noun
prəʊb verb
1 to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know 调查; 打探,探究
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I don’t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.
我不想过多打探你的私事。
Police probed claims that he had sold drugs.
警方就有人称他出售毒品一事进行了调查。
2 to look for something or examine something, using a long thin object 〔用细长的工具〕寻找,探测,探查
Jules probed the mud gingerly with a stick.
朱尔斯小心翼翼地用棍子探着淤泥。
noun
3 a long thin metal instrument that doctors and scientists use to examine parts of the body 〔医生和科学家用的〕探针
4 a SPACE PROBE 宇宙探测器,太空探测器
5 an INVESTIGATION in which many questions are asked to discover the truth about something 深入调查,彻底调查
a police corruption probe
对警察腐败行为的彻底调查