probe

1. V-I If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. 调查; 探寻

The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. 他们越深入调查他的背景，对他的怀疑就会越强烈。

For three years, I have probed for understanding. 3年来我一直在寻求理解。

2. N-COUNT Probe is also a noun. 调查; 探寻

...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. …联邦大陪审团对食品及药品管理局内部腐败的一次调查。

3. V-I If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. 用探针探查

The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again. 外科医生会拿起器械进行探查、修复，然后再缝合。

Dr. Amid probed around the sensitive area. 阿米德医生在敏感部位周围做了探查。

4. N-COUNT A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. 探针

...a fibre-optic probe. …一根光纤探针。

5. V-T If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. 搜索

A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place. 一束手电光搜索了离他们藏身之处仅几码远的低矮灌丛。