考察的的英文：
exploratory

This should not be interpreted in the sense that looking at date without much modeling is an illegitimate activity
这不应该理解为，不大搞模型而只考察数据就是无效劳动。

a comprehensive survey
全面的考察

These were exploratory programs
这些是考察的程序。

explore the Antarctic regions
南极地区考察[探险]

An expedition against the enemy stronghold;a scientific expedition to the South Pole.
对敌人根据地的考察;对南极的科学考察

We're going there on an inspection tour.
我们是去进行参观考察的。

Of or forming an expedition
远征的;探险的;考察的;组成远征队等的

Experts came to survey the burnt-out ruin.
专家们来考察这片废墟。

We set up an observation station in the South Pole where water freezes as soon as it is poured out.
我们在滴水成冰的南极建立了考察站。

Many Europeans explored the continent of africa in the 19th century
许多欧洲人在19世纪考察了非洲大陆。

This was a new investigation area and still at the exploratory stage.
这是新兴的一个研究领域，目前尚处于探索阶段[ ]。

Business immigrants are encouraged to take an exploratory trip to Quebec.
商务移民被鼓励去魁北克进行考察旅行。

The study detailed in this article is still at the exploratory stage.
本文的研究仍处于探索阶段。

Seldom are complete analyses made except in exploratory work
除勘探工作外很少进行全面分析。

England funded an initial exploratory trip shortly after Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
哥伦布的首航之后不久，英国也了资助他们的初次探险。