exposing
present participle ofexpose
| 单词 | exposing |
| 释义 | exposing present participle ofexpose expose verb[T] uk/ɪkˈspəʊz/us/ɪkˈspoʊz/exposeverb[T](UNCOVER)toremovewhat iscoveringsomething so that it can beseen: Theplasteron thewallshas beenremovedto expose theoriginalbricksunderneath. Hedamagedhislegsobadlyin theaccidentthat thebonewas exposed. Thisphotographwasunder-/over-exposed(= too little/too muchlightwasallowedtoreachthefilm). expose yourself If a man exposes himself, heshowshissexualorgansin apublicplacetopeoplehe does notknow.
Showing and demonstrating
exposeverb[T](PUT AT RISK)B2 to put someone atriskfrom somethingharmfulorunpleasant: It isfearedthatpeoplelivingnear thepowerstationmay have been exposedtoradiation. Hiscommentsin theinterviewcould expose himtochargesofperjury. There had been anoutbreakof thevirusandhealthcareworkershad been exposed.
Taking risks
exposeverb[T](MAKE PUBLIC)B2 to makepublicsomethingbadordishonest: Thereviewexposedwidespreadcorruptionin thepoliceforce. Thenewspaperstoryexposed himas(=showedthat he was)aliar. Revealing secrets & becoming known
Examplesofexposingexposing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. An occluding window was placed around each scene, thusexposingan area and occluding the surrounding space. From theCambridge English Corpus Attempting to come to terms with these rapid social changes, individuals increasingly withdrew into silence, fearful ofexposingtheir true selves to strangers. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, the buildings offered no protective open-air courtyards,exposingchildren who wanted to play in the grass to automatic gunfire. From theCambridge English Corpus The prospect almost certainly deterred those who shrank from soexposingtheir private life from seeking a public imprimatur for their personal marital failure. From theCambridge English Corpus Effect of temperature and approach\\separation rates on binding and unbinding mechanisms of two adhering membranesexposingmobile ligand and receptor groups. From theCambridge English Corpus The present experiment presumably provided a more learning-conducive context byexposingsubjects to the target items three times prior to test. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed,exposingmixed culture biofilms grown at different nutrient conditions to a biocide showed significant differences in the biofilm-to-planktonic yield. From theCambridge English Corpus Experimentsexposingdry selenite crystals to cold, moisture-rich (frost-forming) conditions overnight show that moisture condenses around the microbial colonies. From theCambridge English Corpus This research explores some of these issues byexposingand explaining how a group of community nurses perceive and practise delegation. From theCambridge English Corpus An ultraviolet laser "paints" the object as a series of horizontal layers,exposingthe liquid in the tank and hardening it. From theCambridge English Corpus At present this identifies our base skeletons using pattern matching: we would like to implement more sophisticated transformations forexposingand optimizing parallelism. From theCambridge English Corpus Researchers can help byexposingthe detailed, practical barriers to positive change. From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, seaside humour now appears to lie more inexposingthe realities beneath the old archetypes. From theCambridge English Corpus After completing the left panel of the score, the panels are folded openexposingthe inner section of the music. From theCambridge English Corpus Diaspores are gravity dispersed and the seed coat rapidly decays,exposingcotyledons to the immediate environment prior to germination. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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