Exploit
[ɪk'splɒɪt;ek-] or [ɪk'splɔɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) use or manipulate to one's advantage; 'He exploit the new taxation system'; 'She knows how to work the system'; 'he works his parents for sympathy'.
(verb.) draw from; make good use of; 'we must exploit the resources we are given wisely'.
布伦特校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
(n.) Combat; war.
(n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.
(n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
整理:蒂娜
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Act (especially an heroic act), deed, feat, achievement.
編輯:莎蒂
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ACHIEVEMENT]
錄入:梅林达
解釋/意思:
n. a deed or achievement esp. an heroic one: a feat.—v.t. to work up: to utilise for one's own ends.—adj. Exploit′able.—ns. Exploit′age Exploitā′tion the act of successfully applying industry to any object as the working of mines &c.: the act of using for selfish purposes.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It was only after this foolish exploit that the idea of a republic took hold of the French mind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The next exploit of the young monarch was to quarrel with the old Chancellor, Bismarck, who had made the new German Empire, and to dismiss him (1890). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A small commercial organization was formed to build and exploit the apparatus, and the shops at Menlo Park laboratory were assisted by the little Bergmann shop in New York. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Then this consideration recurred to chill her: What was the use of her exploit? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- My exploit was equal to that of the soldier who boasted that he had cut off the leg of one of the enemy. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was not a dangerous exploit for he could always pretend that he had simply looked in to ask a question. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- It was exploited under the powerful patronage of a syndicate of newspaper men, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in perfecting it before any practical results were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Music, astronomy, logic, and even theology, might be exploited as aids to public speech. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- He exploited mines. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Edison's system was commercially exploited for several years by the Automatic Telegraph Company, as related in the preceding narrative. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Probably no organized piece of machinery has ever been so systematically exploited, so thoroughly advertised, so persistently canvassed, and so extensively sold as the sewing machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars had been spent on the experiments, and, largely without Edison's consent, the battery had been very generally exploited in the press. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This system was exploited through the use of a moderately paid clerical force. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If Napoleon had gained this battle, it would have counted among his most characteristic and brilliant exploits. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At this period the name and exploits of one of my countrymen filled the world with admiration. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The amatory exploits of Peirithous and Theseus are equally unworthy. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The kitchen was full of all his compeers, who had hurried and crowded in, from the various cabins, to hear the termination of the day's exploits. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- In the first flush of irritation, I said let the Arab and his exploits go to the mischief. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I have told Spaniards we can do something better than they can when the rule is never to speak of your own exploits or abilities. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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