prospecting在英语中代表‘勘探’的意思，其次还有‘探矿’的意思，单词读音音标为[pr?s’pekti?]，prospecting常被用作名词，在《英英汉-英英汉词典》中，共找到20个与prospecting相关的释义和例句。
1.勘探
例句:i ain’t seen one of these since i was prospecting’… on Subterrel, beyond the outer rim.
翻译:在外星系外的萨特罗采矿之后 在外星系外的萨特罗采矿之后。
来源：在线英语词典
2.探矿
例句:Do you know prospecting, Mr Swearengen?
翻译:您懂勘探吗。
来源：英汉简明词典
prospecting一般作为名词使用，如在electric prospecting(电法勘测)、electric prospecting instruments(电探仪器)、electrical prospecting(电法勘探)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Just as i suspected. Prospecting without the authorised equipment.
翻译:不出我所料 未授权勘探。
2. What, are you prospecting?
翻译:你觉得在里面会遇到什么？。
3. Anything happen while i was prospecting?
翻译:当我去勘察时有什么状况吗？。
4. Been prospecting up there, but that stream’s about panned out.
翻译:我期待有 但股价已耗尽。。
5. not that often, but sometimes… the prospecting gods are having a party at the Pearly Gates, and we get real, real, really lucky.
翻译:探矿之神们在天国之门开派对 而我们又非常幸运的话。
6. You know anything about prospecting?
翻译:你知道怎么探矿吗。
7. i won’t go prospecting again… wasting time and money trying to find another gold mine.
翻译:浪费时间和金钱去寻找另一个金矿。
8. We don’t really know why scytodes needs such a tough dragline, but it’s unexpected results like this that make bio-prospecting so exciting and worthwhile.
翻译:我们并不知道为什么花皮蛛 需要如此强韧的拖丝 但正是这类出乎意料的结果 才让生物勘探如此的激动人心和富有价值。
9. Each morning, the pack heads out across the open plain, prospecting for prey.
翻译:Each morning, the pack heads out across the open plain, 每天早晨 种群出发穿越开阔平原 prospecting for prey. 勘察猎物的迹象。
10. We got to go where there’s no trails… where no surveyor or anyone who knows anything of prospecting has been before.
翻译:我们要去那些没路可走… 那些调查员或懂探矿的人 没去过的地方。
11. We were actually prospecting and looking for fossils.
翻译:我们正进入勘察并搜索古化石.。
12. We don’t really know why scytodes needs such a tough dragline, but it’s unexpected results like this that make bio-prospecting so exciting and worthwhile.
翻译:我们并不知道为什么花皮蛛 需要如此强韧的拖丝 但正是这类出乎意料的结果 才让生物勘探如此的激动人心和富有价值 。
13. What`s this? “Prospecting Permit.”
翻译:这是什么 勘探许可证。
14. To get what they seek the prospecting elephants must first blow away the covering layer of silt.
翻译:要找到想要的东西,大象首先要驱走覆盖着的沙土。
15. And now, please, your payment into our gold prospecting concern… for the purchase of land plots in Dawson, as agreed.
翻译:现在，您的付款我们 开采黄金矿业公司， 用于购买土地 道森的，视为同意。。
