exploration

探究、調査

場所やテーマ、考えを詳しく調べ、よりよく知ったり理解したりすること。

やさしい英語で： Looking carefully at a place, subject, or idea to discover or understand more about it.

• This idea needs further exploration.
• The project began with an exploration of possible solutions.
• Her article provides a careful exploration of how children learn.

使い方： exploration of something (The book offers an exploration of family relationships.)

類義語： investigation, examination, study

よく使う表現： further exploration, exploration of ideas, careful exploration

探検、探査

知らない場所を巡り、そこに何があるかを調べること。

やさしい英語で： Traveling through unfamiliar places to find out what is there.

• Space exploration is expensive.
• The team began its exploration of the forest.
• Early ocean exploration helped people map distant coastlines.

使い方： exploration of something (Their exploration of the island revealed several hidden caves.)

類義語： discovery, surveying

よく使う表現： space exploration, ocean exploration, exploration of something