A fact-finding trip — or visit, or mission — is an official journey to learn what is really happening, so that a company, a government, or a group can decide later. People go, look, ask questions, and bring the facts home.

A fact-finding trip — or visit, or mission —實情調查之旅——或訪問、或任務—— is是 an official journey一趟官方的行程， to learn目的是去弄清楚 what is really happening實際發生了什麼事， so that好讓 a company, a government, or a group公司、政府或團體 can decide later之後能做決定。 People人 go去、 look看、 ask questions問問題， and bring the facts home然後把事實帶回來。

The word is used most often as a describing word before a noun: a fact-finding mission, a fact-finding visit. Standing alone, a fact-finding is less common in everyday talk.

The word這個字 is used most often as最常當 before a noun放在名詞前面的 a describing word描述用語： a fact-finding mission實情調查團、 a fact-finding visit實情調查訪問。 Standing alone單獨站著的 a fact-finding， in everyday talk在日常口語裡 is less common比較少見。

It sounds formal and public: news, government, NGOs. It is organised information-gathering, not detective work in a crime story. On that trip you are not meant to campaign or to fix things; the job is to find out.

It sounds它聽起來 formal and public正式、公家： news, government, NGOs新聞、政府、NGO。 It is它是 organised information-gathering有組織的蒐集資訊， not不是 in a crime story犯罪故事裡的 detective work偵探辦案。 On that trip在那趟行程裡 you are not meant to你不該 campaign去宣傳拉票 or to fix things或去把事情修好； the job任務 is to find out就是查清楚。