prospector

英 [prəˈspektə(r)]

美 [ˈprɑːspektər]

n.  勘探者; 探矿者

复数：prospectors　

TOEFL

BNC.25889 / COCA.17974

牛津词典

noun

• 勘探者；探矿者
  a person who searches an area for gold, minerals, oil, etc.

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。

英英释义

noun

• someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

双语例句

• Packer was an American gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
  帕克是一名美国金矿勘探者及食人犯。
• The prospector staked his claim to the mine he discovered.
  那个勘探者立桩标出他所发现的矿区地以示归己所有。
• On credibility algorithm of rules combination in prospector
  PROSPECTOR中的规则合成可信度算法研究
• Recent recruits include a former oil prospector and a nuclear physicist, social workers, doctors, and dentists.
  最近吸纳的新成员有一位前石油勘探工作者、一位核物理学家、社会工作者、医生和牙医。
• After comparing various features of high speed electronic injection engine, high and medium speed mechanical-controlled injection engines, the author highlights the advantages of high speed electronic injection diesel engine from operator's prospector.
  本文将对高速电子喷油柴油机，高速机械喷油柴油机和中速柴油机的多种特征进行比较。从操作者视角分析使用高速电喷柴油机的好处。
• Optimal Design of Direct Soft-Landing Trajectory of Lunar Prospector
  月球探测器直接软着陆最优轨道设计
• A settler or prospector ( especially in western US or northwest Canada and Alaska).
  殖民者或探勘者（尤其在美国西部或加拿大西北部和阿拉斯加州）。
• First, the authors proposed the designing process of direct soft-landing trajectory of Lunar prospector and determined designing scheme;
  首先根据探测器直接软着陆的特点，提出了有限推力最省燃料的最优轨道设计问题；
• To help define it, we need to do what she intended search for real ideas with the zeal of a prospector hunting gold.
  为了勾画出这个秩序的轮廓，我们需要做她曾经打算做的事情用采矿者淘金的热情去寻找真正的思想。
• Secondary uranium minerals are illustrated in a Bureau of Minerial Resources prospector's handbook.
  次生铀矿物已列入矿物资源局的普查手册中。