喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture walking into a place you do not know yet, with no fixed route: you go down this street, then that one, just to see what is there. Explore always starts from not-knowing and moves outward — and the thing you walk around in can be a city, an idea, or a surface under your fingers.

可以想成：走進一個你還不熟的地方，手上沒有固定路線——先走這條街，再拐去那一條，就是想看看那裡有什麼。explore…更多收起可以想成：走進一個你還不熟的地方，手上沒有固定路線——先走這條街，再拐去那一條，就是想看看那裡有什麼。explore 的起點永遠是「還不知道」，動作是往外走走看。而你走進去的那個空間，可以是一座城市，可以是一個想法，也可以是指尖下的一片表面。

From the picture

把一個想法走一遍

把那個「還不熟的空間」換成一個題目或計畫：你在裡面繞來繞去、從各個角度看，同樣是為了弄清楚它長什麼樣。

think through an idea · verb · B1

To think about or talk about an idea or plan carefully to understand it better.

探討 / 研究

Also in this word

travel to see a place · verb · B1

To travel around a place to see what it is like and find out about it.

探索 / 到處看看

search for resources · verb · B1

To search an area carefully to find something valuable under the ground, like oil or gold.

勘探 / 探勘

feel with fingers · verb · B1

To touch something carefully with your fingers or body to learn what it feels like.

摸索 / 觸摸查看

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

exploreverb/ɪkˈsplɔː/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo seek for something or after someone.

  • 2

    To examine or investigate something systematically.

    • The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
  • 3

    To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

    • It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
  • 4

    medicinesciencesTo examine diagnostically.

  • 5

    To (seek) experience first hand.

    • It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
  • 6

    To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

    • He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
  • 7

    To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

    • The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • 8

    To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

explorenoun/ɪkˈsplɔː/

  • 1

    An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

    • Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。