prospect for gold
collocation勘探黄金；寻找金矿
The miners went to the mountains to prospect for gold.
矿工们去山里勘探黄金。
勘探；探矿
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勘探；探矿
to search for gold, minerals, or other valuable deposits in the ground
The company is prospecting for gold in the remote mountains.
这家公司正在偏远的山区勘探黄金。
勘探(如黄金)
To search, as for gold.
勘探矿物或金属
To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
prospect
Base
原形
prospects
3rd person
第三人称单数
prospecting
-ing
现在分词
prospected
Past
过去式
prospected
Past participle
过去分词
They prospect for gold in the river.
他们在河里勘探黄金。
He prospected in the mountains last year.
他去年在山里勘探。
She is prospecting for oil in the desert.
她正在沙漠里勘探石油。
动词，表示勘探、勘察。通常用于寻找矿产或资源。
Geologists prospect for oil using advanced technology.
地质学家使用先进技术勘探石油。
They prospected the entire valley but found no minerals.
他们勘探了整个山谷，但没有发现矿物。
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勘探黄金；寻找金矿
The miners went to the mountains to prospect for gold.
矿工们去山里勘探黄金。
勘探石油
The company plans to prospect for oil in the desert.
公司计划在沙漠里勘探石油。
勘探矿物
They used advanced equipment to prospect for minerals.
他们用先进设备勘探矿物。
去探矿；去勘探
He went prospecting in the hills last summer.
去年夏天他去山里探矿了。
勘探该地区
A team was sent to prospect the region for rare metals.
一个团队被派去该地区勘探稀有金属。
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联想：pro（向前）+spect（看），向前方大地看，寻找矿藏——勘探。
语域：neutral 常见场景：mining exploration、geological surveys 作动词时，多用于矿业、地质勘探等专业场合，指寻找或探查矿藏；在日常随意口语中较少使用。
作动词时，常与 for 连用表示“勘探”；也可单独使用表示“有前途”。
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