导读：实际上原本翻译过来的时候叫探索.发现频道，后来简化成探索频道的，而discovery这个单词的原意是“揭开盖子”寓意的是通过一些方法去发现，与探索的意思不谋而合，你说的explore主要的意思带有搜索、探险的含义 你可以关注discovery channel 的节目，你会发现，他们的界面主要还是有关discovery，而不是explore ...

discovery美 [dɪˈskʌvəri]英 [dɪˈskʌv(ə)ri] n.发现；发觉；被发现的事物（或真相、人） 网络探索频道；发现号；证据开示 搭配： adj.+n. great discovery,major discovery,exciting discovery,unexpected discovery,amazing discovery v.+n. make discovery 英汉双解： [c][u]发现；发觉an act or the process of finding sb/sth, or learning about sth that was not known about before [c]被发现的事物（或真相、人）a thing, fact or person that is found or learned about for the first time 例句： What would such a discovery mean for humanity's own place in the Universe? 在宇宙中寻找人类新家园的这样一种探索意味什么？ Perhaps the greatest discovery in human history is that: "You become what you think about most of the time. " 也许人类历史上最伟大的发现是：你大部分时间在想什么，你就会变成什么！ The British Heart Foundation said it was an exciting discovery which could result in more effective treatments. 英国心脏病基金会说，这是一个激动人心的发现，可能会由此产生更为有效的（心脑血管病）治疗方法。