expose

英 [ɪk'spəʊz] 美 [ɪk'spoʊz]

• vt. 揭露；使曝光；使面临；使暴露

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 曝光,使处于…作用〔影响〕之下

   allow light to reach and act on a photographic film or plate

2. vt. 暴露; 显露

   lay open; uncover

3. vt. 揭露,袒露

   disclose; make known

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 简短的陈述，叙述
2. 对事态或某人，尤其是涉及一些令人震惊的事实的曝光或报道

v. 动词

1. 揭露，揭发
2. 使暴露于，使看得见，使曝露（在日光、风雨等之中）
3. 使接触到
4. 遗弃在外
5. 【摄】使曝光，使感光
6. 陈列（货物）
7. 招惹，招致
8. 使面临，使遭受
9. 暴露，显露，露出
10. 使体验

英英释义

Noun:

1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud;

   "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
   

Verb:

1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence;

   "Expose your students to art"
   "expose the blanket to sunshine"
   

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

   "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
   "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
   "bring out the truth"
   "he broke the news to her"
   "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
   

3. to show, make visible or apparent;

   "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"
   "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"
   "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
   

4. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;

   "uncover your belly"
   "The man exposed himself in the subway"
   

5. disclose to view as by removing a cover;

   "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
   

6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

7. expose to light, of photographic film

8. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;

   "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
   

9. abandon by leaving out in the open air;

   "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
   "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The reporter was killed because he tried to expose a plot.
   这名记者因为试图揭露一个阴谋而被杀害。
2. I hate the paparazzi.They always expose the people's privacy.
   我讨厌狗仔队,他们老曝光别人的隐私。
3. We should not expose our children to horrors.
   我们不应该让孩子看恐怖片。
4. Keep indoors and don't expose your skin to the sun.
   待在室内,不要把皮肤暴露在阳光下。
5. You shouldn't expose the soldiers to unnecessary risks.
   你不应该让士兵们冒不必要的危险。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. New fashions are exposing more and more the body.
   新式服装越来越露。
2. We expose the goods for sale.
   我们陈列商品以便推销。
3. She exposed her unwanted baby by the roadside.
   她将不想要的婴儿丢弃在路边。
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4. This film has been exposed.
   这胶卷已经曝光了。

经典引文

• On her western frontiers Hanover was exposed to attack from France.

  出自： John Brooke

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

expose oneself (v.+pron.)

使自己受某人的影响 make oneself influence from sb
expose oneself by v-ing
The politician exposed himself by attacking the government's plan.

这位政治家攻击政府计划,使自己身临险境。
It is unwise to expose yourself by trying to perform music that is too difficult for you.

演奏对自己来说太难的乐曲而使自己难堪是不明智的。 expose oneself to sth
He exposed himself to the enemy's gunfire.

他把自己暴露在敌人炮火之下。 expose oneself to sth
He deep exposed himself to his parents' influence.

他深受他父母亲的影响。

expose to (v.+prep.)

公开揭露 make sth wrong to sb, usually publicly

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• expose sb's intrigues and plots 揭露某人的阴谋诡计
• expose the secret 揭穿了秘密
• expose sb's true colours 揭露某人的真面目

～+副词

• 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
• expose piteously 令人怜悯地展示
• expose shrewdly 聪明地揭露
• expose unwisely 不明智地揭发

～+介词

• expose as 揭露…是
• expose for 陈列出来
• expose oneself in public 抛头露面
• expose to 使暴露于,使遭受
• expose sb to danger 使某人可能遇到危险
• expose to the elements 受风吹雨打
• expose to the public 向公众露面
• expose oneself to ridicule 贻笑大方
• expose to the sun 日晒
• expose oneself to winds and rains 栉风沐雨

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. 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”。
2. expose是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. 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”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

expose, betray, disclose, discover, divulge, reveal

• 这组词的共同意思是“揭露”“泄露”。其区别是：
• reveal指揭示迄今为止仍在保密状态的东西或启示超乎常人领悟能力的真理; discover指把原来已经存在,但未被发现、看见或理解的事物加以揭露; disclose侧重把事先未宣布或一直保密的事情公之于世; divulge侧重在公开场合不正当或背信弃义的泄露秘密或暴露隐私; betray指背约或辜负别人信任的告密,也指不自觉地泄密; expose揭露的对象一般是丑恶的、见不得人的,也可指把人或物暴露于不利地位。

expose, flaunt, parade, show

• 这组词都可表示“显露”。其区别是：
• show最常用,指采取行动以达到让别人能看见的目的; expose指移去某物的覆盖物或把某物从隐藏处拿出来以使其公开暴露,也指陈列商品等,暗示暴露令人不快、应该藏匿的事物; parade指夸耀或炫耀,有时侧重怀有欺骗的念头; flaunt指比parade更无耻地挑衅式地卖弄或夸示。例如:
• Keep indoors and don't expose your skin to the sun.留在屋里,不要让皮肤在太阳下暴晒。
• She was flaunting her new fur coat.她正在夸耀她那件新皮衣。
• She paraded the corridors in her new dress.她穿着新衣服炫耀地在走廊里走来走去。

expose, uncover

• 这组词都有“揭露”的意思。其区别是：
• expose一般用于揭露丑恶的,见不得人的东西,其结果对被揭露者是不利的。而uncover用于把原来隐藏,阴暗的东西翻开或撕下它们的伪装使人们可以看见。

disclose，expose，uncover，reveal

• 这些动词都表示“揭露、暴露”之意。
• disclose侧重指揭露或泄露鲜为人知或保密的事。
• expose多指揭露丑闻、坏人坏事或各种阴谋。也可指某物暴露在外。
• uncover主要指移去遮盖物，让东西显露出来。也可指揭露阴谋、秘密等。
• reveal多指揭露一直隐藏或隐秘的东西，或揭示超乎常人理解能力的真理。

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• show 证明
• uncover 揭开
• reveal 显示
• unmask 除去面具
• endanger 危及
• subject 话题
• imperil 使陷于危险中...
• open up 打开
• bare 赤裸的
• blow the whistle on 告发(停下来)...
• lay bare 揭露
• bring to light 公开
• catch out 发觉 ... 有错误(或...
• disclose 揭露
• display 显示
• open 开着的
• discover 发现
• air 空气
• exposure 暴露
• disclosure 揭发
• dirt 污垢
• jeopardize 危及
• unveil 揭开
• queer 古怪的
• debunk 揭穿真相
• unwrap 打开
• give away 赠送
• peril 危险
• exhibit 展览
• break 打碎
• divulge 泄露
• let on 承认
• let out 放出
• unmasking 动词unmask的现在进...
• scupper 排水口
• bring out 使明显

【反义词】

• conceal 隐藏
• cover 封面
• hide 藏