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单词 exploratory
释义

exploratory

/ɪkˈsplɒrət(ə)ri / /ɛkˈsplɒrət(ə)ri/
adjective
Relating to or involving exploration or investigation: surgeons performed an exploratory operation exploratory talks...
  • Further exploratory investigations were carried out to determine whether these were pertinent here.
  • He suffered a stomach wound, but an exploratory operation showed none of his organs was damaged.
  • Music that sounded tentative and exploratory a few years ago now has its feet firmly on the ground.

Synonyms

investigative, investigational, explorative, probing, fact-finding, analytic, searching;
experimental, trial, test, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin exploratorius, from Latin explorare (see explore).

Rhymes

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