Exploit



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.剥削; 开发利用
• ［英］ v.剥削 ( to make profit from) ; 开发利用 ( utilize productively)
• ［类］ milk : extract / exploit : utilize ( 榨取提取 / 剥削利用)
• ［记］ ex+ploit ( =plic重叠) -> 从重叠中拿出 -> 开发
• ［例］ to exploit the oil under the sea

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English espleit, expleit, exploit furtherance, outcome, from Anglo-French, from Latin explicitum, neuter of explicitus, past participle
• Date: circa 1538
• deed, act; especially a notable or heroic act
• Synonyms: see feat

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1838
• 1. to make productive use of ; utilize <exploiting your talents><exploit your opponent's weakness>
• 2. to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers>
• ? exploitability noun
• ? exploitable adjective
• ? exploiter noun

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