search for extraterrestrial intelligence

基本解釋

The best part of this type of search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, study is that the data may already be in hand.
這類外星智能探索研究的最棒之處在于，可能已經(jīng)掌握了這些數(shù)據(jù)。
It is sensationalism of this kind that gives the legitimate scientific research of unidentified flying objects and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, a bad name.
這般嘩眾取寵的手段，也使得對(duì)不明飛行物和外星人智力的合法科研聲譽(yù)掃地。
Along with his twin brother, James, and James' son Dominic, Benford has been rethinking the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, now celebrating its 50th year.
與他的雙胞胎兄弟詹姆斯，以及詹姆斯的兒子多米尼克一道，本福德重新思考外星生物探索，或者是SETI計(jì)劃，（譯者注：所有旨在對(duì)地外文明進(jìn)行搜索的所有計(jì)劃的統(tǒng)稱：外星生物探索），如今歡慶它走過50年的歲月。

Such schemes gained fame with the project known as SetiAtHome (for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) (FORBES, Nov. 15, 1999).
FORBES: Sharing Power
After funding for SETI, which stands for "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, " was cut, researchers looked around for a new way to get the computing power they needed.
FORBES: Magazine Article
He conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence and helped construct the Voyager interstellar record, which carried pictures and music from Earth out into the cosmos.
FORBES: 02.18.08, 6:00 PM ET