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probe

🇬🇧 UK/prәub/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

v.

To investigate or examine something thoroughly; to explore a wound or cavity with a medical instrument.

探查;调查;用探针探测

n.

A thorough investigation; a slender medical instrument used to explore wounds; a device sent to gather information.

探针;探测器;深入调查

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
probeto test, to approve, to disapprove
=probe

Common Collocations

  • 1.probe into深入调查……
  • 2.launch a probe展开调查
  • 3.space probe太空探测器
  • 4.probe for answers追问;探寻答案

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Investigators are probing the company's financial records for signs of fraud.

  • 2.

    The doctor used a probe to examine the depth of the wound.

  • 3.

    The journalist probed the official with tough questions about the scandal.

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