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- expose [ɪk'spəυz]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to display for viewing; exhibit
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2.
vt.
to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal
- to expose the facts
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3.
vt.
to divulge the identity of; unmask
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4.
vt.
[
foll by to] to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc) -
5.
vt.
to abandon (a child, animal, etc) in the open to die
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6.
vt.
[
foll by to] to introduce (to) or acquaint (with)- he was exposed to the classics at an early age
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7.
vt.
[photog]
to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation
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8.
vt.
[RC Church]
to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French exposer, from Latin exp
o nere to set out; seeexponent
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to display for viewing; exhibit
Examples
- to expose sb to sth
- 使某人接触某物 → expose
- to expose o.s.
- [法] 性暴露 → expose
- to expose the facts → expose
- 拆穿骗局
- expose a fraud → 拆穿
- 我要把他们的伪善面貌暴露在光天化日之下。
- I'll expose their hypocrisy to the light of the day. → 光天化日
- 揭穿黑幕
- expose a sinister project; tell the inside story of a plot, etc. → 黑幕
- 揭矛盾，找差距
- expose contradictions and find out where one is lagging behind → 揭
- 揭穿谎言
- expose a lie → 揭穿
- 揭露阴谋
- expose the plot → 揭露
- 揭露其真面目
- expose sb.'s true colours; show sb. up for what he is → 揭露
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