• vi. 钻研；探究；挖
• vt. 钻研；探究；挖
• n. 穴；洞
• n. (Delve)人名；(英)德尔夫

来自PIE*dhelbh, 挖，来自PIE*dhel,挖，挖掘，词源同dell, dale. 引申义翻找。

delve (v.)

Old English delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, past participle dolfen), common West Germanic verb (cognates: Old Saxon delban, Dutch delven, Middle High German telben "to dig"), from PIE root *dhelbh- (cognates: Lithuanian delba "crowbar," Russian dolbit', Czech dlabati, Polish dłubać "to chisel;" Russian dolotó, Czech dlato, Polish dłuto "chisel"). Weak inflections emerged 14c.-16c. Related: Delved; delving.

1. We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.

我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事.

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2. If you're interested in a subject, use the Internet to delve deeper.

如果对某一主题感兴趣，就上网进一步深入研究。

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3. I'd like to delve further into your response: " Hard work never killed anybody ".

你认为, “ 勤奋的工作从来累不死人. ” 我愿对此做进一步的探讨.

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4. Delve a little deeper if you really want to know the score.

如果真想知道事情的个中缘由就需要深一层的钻研了.

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5. We need to delve more deeply into these questions.

这些是我们想进一步了解的.

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