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delve into sth
以下均为动词用法。delve into 表示深入探究或调查某事物，比 dig 更正式。
The reporter delved into the mayor's financial records.
记者深入调查了市长的财务记录。
挖；掘；翻土
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挖；掘；翻土
dig; turn up or loosen earth
The reporter delved into the mayor's financial records.
记者深入调查了市长的财务记录。
探究；查考；坑；穴
v turn up, loosen, or remove earth
delve
Base
原形
delves
3rd person
第三人称单数
delving
-ing
现在分词
delved
Past
过去式
delved
Past participle
过去分词
She often delves into old archives for her research.
她经常深入旧档案做研究。
He delved into the mystery of the missing letter.
他深入探究了那封失踪信件之谜。
They have delved into this topic for years.
他们多年来一直在深入研究这个课题。
delve 常与 into 搭配，表示深入探究或翻找。
The gardener delved the soil with a spade before planting the new rose bushes.
园丁在种新的玫瑰丛之前，用铁锹翻松了土壤。
The children are delving in the sandpit, looking for the hidden toy.
孩子们正在沙坑里挖来挖去，寻找藏起来的玩具。
Each spring, my aunt delves the vegetable patch to loosen the compacted earth.
每年春天，我姑姑都会翻挖菜地，让板结的泥土变得松软。
以下均为动词用法。delve into 表示深入探究或调查某事物，比 dig 更正式。
The reporter delved into the mayor's financial records.
记者深入调查了市长的财务记录。
delve 直接接宾语（如 earth/ground）表示“挖掘、翻松”，这种及物用法较书面。
The worker delved the earth with a shovel.
工人用铲子掘土。
delve for 后接想要找到的东西，强调“挖掘以寻找”。若只说挖掘土地，用第二条。
They delved for ancient coins in the ruins.
他们在废墟中挖掘寻找古币。
Not this
She delved the details of the case.
Use this
She delved into the details of the case.
delve 表示“探究、查考”时为不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；必须先接介词 into 再引出对象。中文的“探究”能直接带宾语，所以中国学习者容易漏掉 into。
Not this
He delved in his memory for the answer.
Use this
He delved into his memory for the answer.
表达“深入翻查、探究”时，固定搭配是 delve into，不可用 in。into 表示进入某一范围仔细寻找，而 in 只表示静态位置，不能构成这个搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
深入探究某事物
She delved into the origins of the word.
她深入探究了那个词的起源。
进一步深入探究
The reporter delved deeper into the scandal.
记者进一步深入探究了这一丑闻。
查阅档案进行深入研究
Researchers delved into the archives to find evidence.
研究人员深入查阅档案以寻找证据。
探究某人的过去
He delved into his family's past.
他仔细探究了家族的过去。
深入研究一个课题
The course allows students to delve into a subject of their choice.
这门课程让学生深入研究自己选择的课题。
深入探究；钻研
The detective delved into the old case files to find new clues.
侦探深入翻阅旧案卷宗，寻找新的线索。
深入挖掘；追根究底
If you want to understand the real causes, you need to delve deep beneath the surface.
如果你想了解真正的原因，就需要深入表象之下进行挖掘。
追溯某人的过往
The journalist delved into the politician's past to uncover the scandal.
记者追溯那位政客的过往，以揭露丑闻。
他们挖得过于贪婪，也太深了。
Gandalf says this line in “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”, describing how the Dwarves of Moria delved for mithril and disturbed a terrible evil.
甘道夫在《指环王：护戒使者》中说了这句话，描述了摩瑞亚的矮人如何为了秘银深挖，却惊扰了一个可怕的邪恶。
Use delve naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记：delve 像 deep（深）+ 挖的动作，想象往深处挖土，既指翻土挖掘，也引申为深入探究、查考。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose 该义项表示“挖掘、翻土”，在现代英语中比较罕见，多用于文学作品或正式书面语，语气偏文雅。日常口语中表达同样的意思通常用 dig。
delve rhymes with shelve and twelve (all end with /ɛlv/). valve and solve look similar but sound different: /vælv/ and /sɒlv/. Don't confuse them.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.