prospector

noun

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

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。


1. N-VAR 可能性；希望
   If there is some prospect of something 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。
2. N-SING 期望中的事；将要发生的事；预期；展望
   A particular prospect is 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。
3. N-PLURAL （尤指事业的）成功机会，前景，前途
   Someone's prospects are 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
4. VERB 勘探；勘察
   When people prospect for oil, 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。

1. They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
   他们偶然来到一个居住着一位狡诈的淘金者的废墟之城。
2. As for the gold, this modern-day prospector pans it like its 1848.
   至于黄金，这位现代探矿者淘金的法子还和1848年时相差无几。
3. 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。
4. Britain's Daniel Day-Lewis was favored to win for his role as a ruthless prospector in the tale of the California oil boom.
   来自英国的丹尼尔刘易斯扮演的是在加州石油工业急剧发展时期的一个冷酷无情的投机者。
5. 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。
6. The Prospector identified Acosta as a senior computer information systems major and Diaz as a sophomore sophomore pre-business major.
   探勘者确认阿科斯塔为计算机信息系统专业的大四学生，迪亚兹是商科预科专业的大二学生。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Lunar Prospector mapped the Moon's surface composition, gravity and magnetic fields.
   月亮探测器把月球的表面情况，引力及磁场都绘制成了地图。
10. 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。
11. 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）。
12. The prospector panned off bits of a sand and gravel scooped from the bed of a stream.
    探矿者淘选从河床里挖出的少量含金泥沙和砂砾。
13. Mining right derives from mineral resource proprietary right, reflects the relationship of mineral resource prospector and mineral resource owner.
    矿业权是在矿产资源所有权基础上产生的权利，矿业权反映的是矿产资源之探采者与矿产资源所有者之间的法律关系。
14. On credibility algorithm of rules combination in prospector
    PROSPECTOR中的规则合成可信度算法研究
15. 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
16. For neutron spectrograph, what we can decide is hydrogen, not water. Furthermore, we are failing to find any water vapor after the impact of Lunar Prospector.
    月球表面粗糙度同样可以引起雷达回波呈现出类似水冰的异常特征，而中子探测仪测量到的仅仅是氢信号而非水，而且月球勘探者号撞击月表之后并没有探测到任何的水蒸气信号。
17. Learning advanced management experiences in production management, the Chinese seismic crew have stepped out of state and gone to world, there are footmarks left by Chinese seismic prospector in Asia, Europe, American and Latin American.
    在生产管理上学习先进的管理经验，中国的地震勘探队伍已迈出国门走向世界，在欧、亚、美、拉美等地都留下了中国地震勘探者的足迹。
18. In seismic prospecting, static correction is always cared by prospector and not resolved finally, especially for complicated-surface area.
    在地震勘探中，静校正问题一直受到地震勘探工作者的特别关注，始终是注重解决而未能彻底解决的问题，特别是在复杂地表地区的地震勘探中；
19. 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。
20. On the determination of lunar gravity field in the Chinese first lunar prospector mission
    在嫦娥一号探月工程中求定月球重力场
21. 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；
22. Now time has given a formal name for him. He is recorded in the history as prospector.
    现在时间已经为他正名了，他是以时代前瞻者的名字而被载入史册。

noun

1. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits