ex·ploit
verb OPAL W
/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/
/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exploit | /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ |
| he / she / it exploits | /ɪkˈsplɔɪts/ /ɪkˈsplɔɪts/ |
| past simple exploited | /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd/ |
| past participle exploited | /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exploiting | /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪŋ/ |
- exploit something (disapproving) to treat a person or situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself
利用（…为自己谋利） - He exploited his father's name to get himself a job.
他利用他父亲的名声为自己找到一份工作。 - She realized that her youth and inexperience were being exploited.
她意识到因为自己少不更事而受人利用了。 - The opposition parties will always exploit government problems to their own advantage.
反对党总是会利用政府问题为自己谋取利益。
Extra Examples- He pursued his own interests, cynically exploiting his privileged position as trustee.
他无所顾忌地利用自己作为受托人的特权地位追逐私利。 - They were hoping to exploit any weaknesses the other team might have.
他们希望利用其他团队可能存在的任何弱点。 - This legal loophole has been ruthlessly exploited by many unscrupulous investors.
这一法律漏洞被许多不法投资者无情利用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- mercilessly
- ruthlessly
- cynically
- …
- He exploited his father's name to get himself a job.
- exploit somebody (disapproving) to treat somebody unfairly by making them work and not giving them much in return
剥削；压榨 - What is being done to stop employers from exploiting young people?
目前有什么措施制止雇主剥削年轻人呢？ - The workers are ruthlessly exploited by their employers.
工人受到雇主残酷的剥削。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- mercilessly
- ruthlessly
- cynically
- …
- What is being done to stop employers from exploiting young people?
- exploit something to use something well in order to gain as much from it as possible
运用；利用；发挥 - She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play.
她在剧中把她那个角色的幽默发挥得淋漓尽致。 - The company has been successful in exploiting new technology to the full.
这家公司在充分利用新技术方面很成功。
Extra Examples- Birds exploit these wind patterns to the fullest.
鸟类对各种风型的利用达到了极致。 - The team were quick to exploit their competitive advantage.
那支队伍迅速利用了他们的竞争优势。 - The architect has cleverly exploited new materials and building techniques.
这位建筑师巧妙地利用了新的材料和建筑技术。 - She was eager to exploit her discovery commercially.
她渴望为自己的发现找到商业上的用途。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- extensively
- heavily
- fully
- …
- be determined to
- be keen to
- hope to
- …
- She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play.
- to develop or use something for business or industry
开发；开采；开拓 - exploit something No minerals have yet been exploited in Antarctica.
南极洲的矿藏还未开采。 - exploit something for something countries exploiting the rainforests for hardwood
为获取硬木而开发热带雨林的国家 - Companies are moving in to exploit the natural resources of the area.
公司正在进驻以开发该地区的自然资源。
- exploit something No minerals have yet been exploited in Antarctica.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esploit (noun), based on Latin explicare ‘unfold’, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The early notion of ‘success, progress’ gave rise to the sense ‘attempt to capture’, ‘military expedition’, hence the current sense of the noun. Verb senses (mid 19th cent.) are from modern French exploiter.