prospecting

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A noun referring to the activity of searching for potential customers, clients, or business opportunities, often in sales or marketing contexts.

• 🇨🇳指寻找潜在客户、买家或商业机会的活动，常用于销售或营销领域。

1. Mineral exploration B2 formal

   The act of searching for mineral deposits, such as gold, silver, or oil, by examining land or geological formations.

   • Prospecting for gold in the riverbeds is still a popular activity.
   • The company invested heavily in prospecting for new oil fields.
   • Modern prospecting uses advanced technology like satellite imagery.

   🇨🇳矿产勘探

   同义词: explorationreconnaissancescoutingsearchseekingsurveying

2. Sales or business development B2 informal business

   The process of identifying and contacting potential customers or clients to generate business leads.

   • The sales team spent the week prospecting for new clients.
   • Effective prospecting requires good research and communication skills.
   • He is prospecting for investors to fund his startup.

   🇨🇳客户开发

   同义词: hunting

• prospectings plural form
• prospectings' possessive plural form
• prospecting's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of searching for valuable resources, such as minerals or oil, or exploring potential opportunities.

• 🇨🇳动词，指寻找有价值的资源（如矿产、石油等）或探索潜在的机会。

1. Search for minerals B2 formal

   To search for valuable minerals, metals, or oil in the ground.

   • They are prospecting for gold in the remote mountains.
   • The company spent years prospecting for oil in the region.
   • Miners prospected the area for diamonds.

   🇨🇳勘探矿产

   同义词: drillexploreminepanscoursearchseeksurvey

2. Explore or investigate B2 formal

   To search or look for something, especially opportunities or resources.

   • The team is prospecting for new business opportunities abroad.
   • She prospected the market for potential investors.
   • They prospected the area for suitable land to build a factory.

   🇨🇳寻找或勘探

   同义词: explorehuntscoursearchseeksurvey

   反义词: ignoreneglectoverlook

• prospected past participle
• prospected past simple
• prospecting present participle
• prospects third person singular