lay something bare/opena) to show what something is really like, or stop hiding facts, feelings etc 使某事暴露 Every aspect of their private life has been laid bare. 他们私生活的每一个方面都暴露无遗。
b) to remove the thing that is covering or hiding something else 使某物露出 When the tide goes out, vast stretches of sand are laid bare. 潮水退去,露出大片大片的沙地。
lay something bare/open• Krushchev laid bare Stalin's crimes.• New bricks were removed, laying bare the old foundations.
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