一、“探索”、“研究”explore、investigate和study在提到别人的工作时常用，现在有种趋势，explore、investigate比study使用频率要明显高一些，特别是在IT领域。
二、explore、investigate、study可以表达研究探索一个科学问题外，还可用于表达研究探索可行性、可能性、应用前景等。这些单词的用法很简单，注意使用主动语态指明探索的主体，向探索者致敬。例句：
Computer scientists have been exploring/investigating/studying image recognition for half a century. Until recently a breakthrough was achieved using CNN. （计算机科学家探索图像识别长达半个世纪，直到最近使用卷积神经网络实现突破。）
Vinton Cerf explored/investigated/studied computer interconnecting and received Turing Award in 2004. （Vinton cerf 研究计算机互联，于2004年获得图灵奖。）
The authors explored/investigated/studied security vulnerabilities in cloud computing.（作者研究了云计算中的安全脆弱性。）
They explored/investigated/studied feasibility/possibility/plausibility/potential applications of (for)……（他们研究了……的可行性/可能性/应用前景/合理性。
三、explore/investigate/study 与present/conceive/propose/design/create连用，表达一个研究探索过程，例如：
Vinton Cerf explored/investigated/studied computer interconnecting and created the TCP/IP protocol that has changed the world.（Cerf 研究计算机互联，发明了TCP/IP协议，改变了世界。）
Fredrick explored/investigated/studied congestion on the Internet and presented/conceived a mechanism for congestion control that is incorporated into TCP. Since then, no deadlock stemming from congestion happens again on the Internet.（Fredrick研究了互联网拥塞，提出了一个拥塞控制机制，并集成进TCP协议中，从此互联网再没发生过因拥塞引起的死锁。）
（本系列文章例句均属原创，无引用。）