exposure
/ɪkˈspəʊʒə(r)/noun
mass noun
1
- the state of having no protection from contact with something harmful暴露不受保护的接触：
the dangers posed by exposure to asbestos.
接触石棉所构成的危险。
1.1
- a physical condition resulting from being outside in severe weather conditions without adequate protection（身体的）受日晒雨淋状态：
suffering from exposure.
遭受日晒雨淋之苦。
1.2
- experience of something经历：
his exposure to the banking system.
他在银行系统工作过的经历。
1.3
- the action of exposing a photographic film to light or other radiation（胶卷的）曝光：
a camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure
一种曝光后立即出照的照相机
count noun trial exposures made with a UV filter.用紫外线滤光镜试做的曝光。
1.4
- count noun the quantity of light or other radiation reaching a photographic film, as determined by shutter speed and lens aperture曝光量。
1.5
- the action of placing oneself at risk of financial losses, e.g. through making loans, granting credit, or underwriting insurance（对可能造成的经济损失的）风险承担。
2
- the revelation of an identity or fact, especially one which is concealed or likely to arouse disapproval（身份或事实的）暴露：
she took her life for fear of exposure as a spy.
由于害怕暴露自己的间谍身份, 她自杀了。
2.1
- the publicizing of information or an event（信息或事件的）披露; 公布：
scientific findings receive regular exposure in the media.
科学发现定期由媒体发布。
3
- count noun the direction in which a building faces; an outlook（建筑的）朝向, 方向; 景色, 景观：
the exposure is perfect - a gentle slope to the south-west.
景色美极了——朝向西南的一个缓坡。
词源
early 17th cent.: from EXPOSE, on the pattern of words such as enclosure.