expose /ɪkˈspəʊz/ CET4 TEM4 ( exposing, exposed, exposes )

• 1. 

  V-T To expose something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen. 使显露

  例：

  Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.

  下降了的海平面使白令海底的浅大陆架露了出来。

• 2. 

  V-T To expose a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way. 揭露

  例：

  ...the story of how the press helped expose the truth about the Nixon administration.

  …关于新闻界如何协助揭露尼克松政府真相的报道。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them. 使暴露于 (危险或令人不快的境地)

  例：

  They had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations.

  他们未曾遭遇城市人口常得的大多数疾病。

  例：

  A wise mother never exposes her children to the slightest possibility of danger.

  一个明智的母亲从不会置其孩子于丝毫可能的危险中。

• 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. 使体验 (观念、情感); 引入 (观念、情感)

  例：

  ...local people who've not been exposed to glimpses of Western life before.

  …以前从未领略过西方生活方式的当地人。