scour (vt)
1.搜查
These soldiers had been scouring the area for months.
這些士兵已經在這個地區搜查了好幾個月。
2.侵襲
A vicious sandstorm is scouring a city on the southern outskirts of the Gobi Desert.
強烈的沙塵暴正在侵襲戈壁大沙漠南端的一座城市。
3.走遍
U.S. lawyers are scouring Asia looking for clients.
美國律師走遍亞洲尋找客戶。
4.在…尋找
Almost daily he climbs aboard his old motorcycle and scours the countryside for unexploded ordnance. 他幾乎每天都騎他那輛破摩托車在鄉下地區尋找未爆彈。
Cyber investigators are scouring the World Wide Web for clues on any future suicide bomb attacks.
網路調查人員在世界網站尋找未來自殺炸彈攻擊的線索。
They began to scour the bomb scene for evidence.
他們開始在爆炸現場尋找證據。
5.清查
Beijing officials will be sending linguists to scour the city’s signs to correct their infamously quirky English translations.
北京官員將派遣語言學家清查北京的招牌以改正那些以怪異著稱的譯名。
The Congress has begun aggressively scouring bank accounts and telephone records.
國會已經開始積極清查銀行帳戶和通聯記錄。
