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

• 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。
• Reforming geological prospecting units involves defining property and adjusting account, that has strong policy and technology.
  地勘单位改制工作涉及到资产界定和财务处理，政策性、技术性非常强。
• Seismic surveying is the most important of the three main types of geophysical prospecting.
  地震勘探是三种主要地球物理勘探方法中最重要的一种。
• 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。
• This regularity is indicative to the deep ore prospecting and ore-finding.
  该规律对矿床的深部矿化远景评价及该区找矿均具有一定的指导意义。
• 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。
• The results have guiding significance to the study on pseudo-seismic interpretation of electromagnetic prospecting.
  该成果对电磁法拟地震解释的研究具有一定的指导意义。
• This paper makes a comprehensive analysis of the recent progress of the seismic active fault prospecting in Lanzhou city.
  文中综述了兰州市地震活断层探测的最新进展情况。
• 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。
• Application of Geophysical Exploration Methods in Polymetallic Prospecting
  地球物理勘探方法及其在多金属找矿中的应用