survey

Interpretation: Also called "exploration". Field investigation. Now it refers to the field investigation of topography, geological structure and underground resources before mining or engineering construction.

Quotations: The seventy-fourth time in A Dream of Red Mansions: "There are too few husbands and wives to be investigated."

Use example:

Eleventh is the golden week of tourism, and outdoor camping is particular: before camping, you should survey the terrain, and the closer you are to the rock wall, the more attention you should pay; Concave places should be avoided, and long sunshine time is advisable; The camp must be sheltered from the wind to prevent wild animals from invading.

Synonym:

I. Exploration

Interpretation: Find out the distribution of ore deposits and determine the location, shape, size, metallogenic regularity, rock properties and geological structure of ore bodies.

Citation: In the Qaidam Basin by Li Ruobing: "Our people have started the first large-scale geological exploration in the history of the Qaidam Basin!"

Second, the investigation [kān cè]

Explanation: investigation and measurement.

Quote: Xu Chi's "Geological Light": "But the field investigation, eating wind and drinking dew, geological work is also arduous."