Disclose



GRE Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使某物显露
• ［英］ v. 使某物显露 ( allow sth to be seen)
• ［记］ dis ( 分开) +close ( 关闭) -> 使关闭着的东西打开 -> 显露

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French desclos-, stem of desclore to open, unlock, reveal, from Medieval Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere to close — more at close
• Date: 14th century
• 1. obsolete to open up
• 2.
  • a. to expose to view
  • b. archaic hatch
  • c. to make known or public <demands that politicians disclose the sources of their income>
• Synonyms: see reveal
• ? discloser noun

II. noun

• Date: 1548
• obsolete disclosure

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