expose
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪk'spəʊz; ek-ik'spəuz]
- 美式音标 [ɪk'spoz;ek-]
- 国际音标 [ik'spəuz]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.揭露;使曝光;使面临;使暴露
词源解说
- 15世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自中古法语的exposer,意为阐明;最初源自古典拉丁语的exponere,意为阐明。
词根记忆
- ex(出) + pos(放) + e→放出来→使暴露,揭露
- ex(出) + pos(放) + e→放出来→揭露
- ex(出) + pos(放) + e→放出来→使暴露
- ex(出) + pos(放) + e→放出来→暴露,显露;揭露
- ex(出) + pos(放) + e→放出来→暴露;揭露
用法辨析
- expose的基本意思是有意或无意地使某人/物从隐藏之处或掩盖之中暴露出来展示在他人面前,也可表示把某些丑恶的,见不得人的东西揭露出来,还可以表示撕下其面具,即“揭穿”。
- expose是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- expose的宾语后常可接介词to表示“将…暴露于…”; 动词宾语为oneself时,则意为“将自己暴露于…”“使自己受某人的影响”。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- New fashions are exposing more and more the body.
新式服装越来越露。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- expose sb 's true colours 揭露某人的真面目
- expose the secret 揭穿了秘密
- expose fearlessly 无畏地揭露
- expose incessantly 不断地暴露
- expose mercilessly 〔ruthlessly〕 无情地揭露
- expose needlessly 不必要地揭露
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
英英字典
- (UNCOVER) to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen
- (MAKE PUBLIC) to make public something bad or dishonest
- To expose something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen.
- To expose a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way.
- If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them.
- If someone is exposed to an idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it.
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专业释义
- 揭露
- 播开(纸牌)
- 陈列(圣体、圣骨、圣徒遗物等)供敬奉
- 使曝光:
- 暴露
- 使暴露
- 公开