Didi Chuxing is similar to Uber, and indeed bought Uber’s business in China nearly two years ago. The Chinese company, which has been expanding at a breakneck pace within the country and around the world, says it has 450 million users. One of China’s most successful tech giants, it is expected to explore making a multibillion-dollar initial public offering this year.
问题：
请问explore的意思是？在文中是下列第几项讲解？有explore doing sth的使用方法吗？
1Examine or evaluate
2to investigate, study, or analyze:look into
One of China’s most successful tech giants, it is expected to explore making a multibillion-dollar initial public offering this year.
【翻译】作为中国最成功的科技巨头之一，滴滴出行公司预计今年将寻求进行数十亿USD的初次公开发行。
1. IPO 是initial public offering 的缩写，是指股市一级市场初次公开发行股票。
2. explore 在本句的意思是：寻求；探求。说的通俗一些就是：设法获得的意思。该动词主要接单宾语，一般不接动名词。假如偶尔用动名词，也是根据名词看待即可。我感觉，这里explore 的意思跟seek 很接近。网友可以查一下是否近义词。
3. 此句用了“左偏置结构”（把主语放在句子左边，用不一样的说法，再把主语重复一遍。本来已经有了it 作主语，再用 One of China’s most successful tech giants 描述一遍）。
