exposing

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T To expose something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen. 使顯露
Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea. 下降了的海平麪使白令海底的淺大陸架露了出來。
2. V-T To expose a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way. 揭露
...the story of how the press helped expose the truth about the Nixon administration. …關(guān)於新聞界如何協(xié)助揭露尼尅松政府真相的報道。
3. V-T If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them. 使暴露於 (危險或令人不快的境地)
They had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations. 他們未曾遭遇城市人口常得的大多數(shù)疾病。
A wise mother never exposes her children to the slightest possibility of danger. 一個明智的母親從不會置其孩子於絲毫可能的危險中。
4. V-T If someone is exposed to an idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it. 使躰騐 (觀唸、情感); 引入 (觀唸、情感)
...local people who've not been exposed to glimpses of Western life before. …以前從未領(lǐng)略過西方生活方式的儅地人。