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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• New progress was achieved in geological prospecting.
  地质勘查取得新进展。
• 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。
• The introduction of some typical examples shows that integrated geophysical exploration method has high application value in deep prospecting.
  通过几个典型案例的介绍，综合物探在深部找矿工作中具有较高的推广应用价值。
• 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。
• 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。
• This drilling way may be popularized in project prospecting.
  该钻进技术在工程勘察中可以推广应用。
• 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。