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单词 prospector
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prospector
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈspek.tər/us
/ˈprɑː.spek.t̬ɚ/
apersonwhosearchesforgold,oil, or othervaluablesubstanceson or under thesurfaceof theearth:
a prospectorlookingforgold
Adeterminedprospectorfounddiamondsin Canada'sfrozennorthwest.
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prospect
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  • Prospectors havediscoveredtitaniumin many of the world'stropicalareas.
  • Likeminingprospectors, theyexamineagolfcoursemapandidentifywhere they willfindlostgolfballs.
  • Heworkedas ageologistand prospector atmineralandgemstonedepositsin Madagascar.
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Geology: mineralogy
(Definition ofprospectorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prospector| Business English

prospector
noun[C]
NATURAL RESOURCES
uk
/prəˈspektər/us
apersonorcompanywhosejobissearchingforgold,oil, or othervaluablesubstanceson or under thesurfaceof theEarth:
Up to 600 prospectors have beenclamberingacrosstheruggedCanadianShield,hopingtofindgoldorbasemetals.
adiamond/gold/oilprospector
(Definition ofprospectorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprospector

prospector
More competent and certified mining engineers, mappers, surveyors and prospectors were needed - and then public health experts, water-supply engineers, and railway engineers as well.
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Rapidly growing demand for new resources provides a challenge for prospectors.
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Prospecting of agricultural land is going on continuously, and as soon as the prospectors have surveyed one site they pass on to another.
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I am pretty certain that aprospectorhas to renew his prospecting licence every year.
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That depends on the energy and good fortune of the prospectors.
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So far, our prospectors have put down 290,000 boreholes, with 11 million feet of bore.
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Will he also save county hall from the ravages of multinational hotel prospectors?
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It has been of assistance to the smallprospectorin every conceivable way, and is a precedent for other branches to follow.
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We all know that among the majority of honest litigants lurk a few unscrupulous prospectors.
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There, in the last few years they have invited mineral prospectors from all over the world.
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That is the hazard that faces theprospectorof oil on land and, even worse, beneath the sea.
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In the meantime, diamond prospecting is proceeding, and theprospectorhas undertaken to report to the administration any occurrences of other minerals which he finds.
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Co-ordination among prospectors is a matter for the prospectors themselves.
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Most prospectors will have to obtain a licence from the department.
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It is the responsibility of the prospector's state to ensure his compliance with the relevant provisions of the convention.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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