prospecting

英 [prəˈspektɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːspektɪŋ]

v.  探矿; 勘探
prospect的现在分词

现在分词：prospecting　

TOEFL

BNC.26487 / COCA.37320

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'prɒspekt, am 'prɑː-/. The verb is pronounced /prə'spekt, am 'prɑːspekt/ and is hyphenated pro|spect. 名词读作 /'prɒspekt, 美 'prɑː-/。动词读作 /prə'spekt, 美 'prɑːspekt/，分音节形式为 pro|spect。


• N-VAR 可能性；希望
  If there is someprospect ofsomething happening, there is a possibility that it will happen.
  1. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered...
     不幸的是，几乎不可能看到这些重大问题得到回复。
  2. The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter...
     该国经历8年内战之后重归和平的前景正逐渐变得光明。
  3. There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament.
     该议案很有可能会被议会否决。
• N-SING 期望中的事；将要发生的事；预期；展望
  A particularprospectis something that you expect or know is going to happen.
  1. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law...
     他们现在面临的情形是：不久将需要依法佩戴摩托车头盔。
  2. After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect.
     晚饭后，他会架起脚来看书。想起来就让人愉快。
• N-PLURAL （尤指事业的）成功机会，前景，前途
  Someone'sprospectsare their chances of being successful, especially in their career.
  1. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
     我选择出国工作以求在事业上有更好的发展。
  2. ...a detailed review of the company's prospects.
     对该公司前景的详细考查
• VERB 勘探；勘察
  When peopleprospect foroil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea.
  1. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal...
     他已在从戈壁沙漠到德兰士瓦的无数地方勘探过矿藏。
  2. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here.
     事实上，石油公司已经在离此不远处进行勘探。

双语例句

• In China, the progress of exploration vegetation geochemistry is slow and has not been widely used in prospecting.
  我国勘查植物地球化学发展缓慢，至今尚未在生产中得到广泛应用。
• The prospecting team has traversed the length and breadth of the land.
  勘探队踏遍了祖国的山山水水。
• After enduring the hardship of the arduous fieldwork, the prospecting team discovered many new ores.
  地质勘探队员餐风饮露，历尽辛苦，找到了不少新的矿藏。
• The paper demonstrates the position, role and problem of geological prospecting subordinate enterprise.
  文章论证了地勘二级企业所处的地位、作用，指出了地勘二级企业存在的问题。
• Prediction for deep ore prospecting is a frontier and key research in metallogeny and metallogenic prognosis.
  深部找矿预测已成为当前成矿学和成矿预测学的科学前沿和研究重点。
• Some laterite gold deposits have been discovered in Yunnan which has become a new prospecting target these years.
  云南近年来相继发现了一批红土型金矿床（点），成为金矿找矿工作的主攻目标之一。
• They have mining operations in 13 countries and are prospecting in more.
  它们已在非洲13个国家开展采矿业务，并在更多国家进行勘探工作。
• The paper specially expounded the reliable role of electric-technologic design in development of geophysical prospecting apparatus.
  本文专题论述了电工艺设计在物探仪器研发中的可靠性作用。
• It is the only electromagnetic prospecting method that can directly indicate oil and gas reservoir.
  是电磁勘探方法中唯一的能直接指示油气藏的方法。
• To the members of a prospecting team, moving from place to place is all in the day's work.
  搬家对勘探队员来说简直是家常便饭。