| 英语单词 | unearth |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ʌn'ɜːθ] 美 [ʌn'ɜːrθ] |
| 中文释义 | v.发掘;掘出;发现并披露 |
| 英语例句 | (1) You will unearth a whole new history. (2) They will unearth the buried treasure here. (3) You may also unearth an ugly side of their personalities. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你们将会挖掘出一个完整的新历史。 (2) 他们将在这儿挖掘地下宝藏。 (3) 你会突然发现他们个性中让人讨厌的一面。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To unearth something is to dig it up. You could unearth a coffin, or even a tee shirt buried in the bottom of a drawer. |
| vocabulary扩展 | To put something in the earth is to bury it, to unearth it is to take it back out. When digging in the yard you’ll probably unearth creepy-crawlies and, with luck, a lost treasure will surface. To bring anything hidden “into the light” is to unearth it. You can unearth the secret affairs of your lover, you can unearth the lies of a corrupt government, and you may even unearth a child’s secret candy stash from under the mattress. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]发现;揭露 If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about. [V n] [V-ing]
2 [VERB 动词]发掘,挖掘(埋藏物) If someone unearths something that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground. [V n]
3 [VERB 动词]找到,发现(隐藏或丢失之物) If you say that someone has unearthed something, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time. [V n]
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