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

• After magnetic prospecting the lava, it shows the location before final melting of the metal in the lava.
  对火山岩进行的磁研究显示了这些火山岩中的金属在最终熔化前的方位。
• The operating principle and process of detecting hidden underground karst with comprehensive geophysical prospecting method are stated.
  阐述了以综合物探为主要手段探测地下隐伏岩溶的工作原理及过程。
• 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。
• 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。
• Discussion on the layout of prospecting project for deep orebody in Wang'er-shan Gold Deposit;
  对新房金矿深部矿体开拓的必要性进行了探讨，提出了深部开拓的可行性方案。
• Flight safety, data quality and flight efficiency form the basis of filed surveys of airborne geophysical prospecting.
  飞行安全、数据质量和飞行效率是航空物探野外飞行工作的基础。
• Subsea pipeline surveying method includes comprehensive geophysical prospecting method and diving inspection or both.
  海底石油管线调查方法包括物探方法和潜水方法或两者的结合。
• 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。
• This paper has expounded the describing pattern, metallogenetic pattern and prospecting model of Qiaoxiahala-type mineral deposits in details.
  本文对乔夏哈拉式铁铜金矿的主要内容：描述性模式、成因模式和找矿评价模型进行了具体阐述。
• 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。