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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryex·po·sure \ik-ˈspō-zhər\ noun DATE 16051. the fact or condition of being exposed: as a. the condition of being presented to view or made known a politician seeks a lot of exposure b. the condition of being unprotected especially from severe weather died of exposure c. the condition of being subject to some effect or influence risk exposure to the flu d. the condition of being at risk of financial loss minimizes your exposure to market fluctuations also : an amount at risk2. the act or an instance of exposing: as a. disclosure of something secret tried to prevent exposure of their past b. the treating of sensitized material (as film) to controlled amounts of radiant energy; also : the amount of such energy or length of such treatment a 3-second exposure3. a. the manner of being exposed b. the position (as of a house) with respect to weather influences or compass points a room with a southern exposure4. a piece or section of sensitized material (as film) on which an exposure is or can be made 36 exposures per rollOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7exposureex·pos·ure / ik5spEuVE(r); NAmE -5spou- / nounTO STH HARMFUL 有害事物 1. [U] ~ (to sth) the state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from sth harmful or unpleasant 面临,遭受(危险或不快): prolonged exposure to harmful radiation 长时间接触有害辐射 (finance 财) the company's exposure on the foreign exchange markets (= to the risk of making financial losses) 公司面对外汇市场的风险 SHOWING TRUTH 揭露事实 2. [U] the state of having the true facts about sb / sth told after they have been hidden because they are bad, immoral or illegal 揭露: exposure as a liar and a fraud 说谎者和骗子的面目被揭露 the exposure of illegal currency deals 对非法交易货币的揭露 ON TV / IN NEWSPAPERS, ETC. 电视、报章等 3. [U] the fact of being discussed or mentioned on television, in newspapers, etc. (在电视、报纸等上的)亮相,被报道 SYN publicity : Her new movie has had a lot of exposure in the media. 她的新片媒体有很多报道。 MEDICAL CONDITION 身体状况 4. [U] a medical condition caused by being out in very cold weather for too long without protection 捱冻；受寒: Two climbers were brought in suffering from exposure. 两名登山者因冻僵被带了进来。 FILM IN CAMERA 照相机胶片 5. [C] a length of film in a camera that is used to take a photograph (照一张照片的)软片,底片,胶片: There are three exposures left on this roll of film. 这卷胶卷还有三张没拍。 6. [C] the length of time for which light is allowed to reach the film when taking a photograph 曝光时间: I used a long exposure for this one. 我这张照片用的曝光时间长。 SHOWING STH HIDDEN 使暴露 7. [U] the act of showing sth that is usually hidden 暴露；显露⇨ see also indecent exposureOxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishexposure noun 1 to sth harmful ADJ. high, massive | maximum | excessive | low-level | long, long-term, prolonged | brief | constant, continued, continuous, repeated | chemical, radiation, sun | human human exposure to asbestos VERB + EXPOSURE receive, suffer She suffered a massive exposure to toxic chemicals. | increase | limit, minimize, reduce Banks will seek to minimize their exposure to risk. | avoid PREP. ~ to The report recommends people to avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight. 2 to experience ADJ. brief | greater | limited VERB + EXPOSURE give sb | get, have | increase PREP. ~ to giving children greater exposure to other cultures 3 showing the truth ADJ. full full exposure of the links between government officials and the arms trade | public 4 on TV/in newspapers, etc. ADJ. regular | media, press, television VERB + EXPOSURE give sb/sth The magazine aims to give exposure to the work of women artists. | gain, get, have, receive a would-be television personality who is constantly trying to get media exposure Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun the condition of being exposed to something detrimental FF1C;exposure to attackFF1E; Synonyms: liability, openness, vulnerability, vulnerableness Related Words: susceptibility, susceptiveness, susceptivity; defenselessness, helplessness, unprotection; danger, jeopardy, peril, risk Contrasted Words: bulwark, cover, protection, safeguard, shelter, shield, shieldingWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: instantaneous exposure , or threshold exposure , or time exposure , or double exposure , or exposure hazard , or exposure index , or exposure meter , or exposure suit , or indecent exposureex·po·sure\ikˈspōzhə(r), ek-\ noun(-s)Etymology: expose + -ure1. : an act of exposing, laying open, or setting forth: as a. : disclosure to view : display < skillful exposure of goods in a store window > < her exposure of a shapely leg > b. (1) : a disclosure especially of a weakness or something shameful or criminal : unmasking < continued his exposure of electoral frauds > < the battle was finally won with the exposure of the Tory commissioner as a grafter — Current Biography > also : the condition of being unmasked or shown up < he feared exposure above all else > (2) : presentation, exposition < a dispassionate exposure of fundamental passions of any time and any place — T.S.Eliot > < how terrifying an exposure he was making of the emptiness of life without belief — F.O.Matthiessen > < suites were considered too heavy for exposure in the concert hall — Roland Gelatt > c. : an act of abandoning (as an infant) especially in the open < reject all regulation of the birth rate by infanticide, exposure, … or any other means — H.E.Barnes & Howard Becker > d. (1) : the act of exposing a sensitized photographic material (2) : a section of a film for an individual picture < a roll containing eight exposures > (3) : the total amount of light or other radiant energy received per unit area on the sensitized material — usually expressed for cameras in terms of the time and the lens f-number < an exposure of 1/50 second at f/8 > e. : an act of subjecting to an experience or influence < denounced exposure of children to such corrupting literature >2. a. : a condition or an instance of being laid bare or exposed to view < particularly striking … are the picturesque exposures of the somber banded clays — Earth Science Digest > d. : a condition of being exposed to danger or loss : liability or accessibility to something that may affect detrimentally < exposure to infection > : risk, vulnerability < insurable under a policy having less exposure — Charles Ray > < exposure to sudden attack by the enemy > specifically : the condition of being exposed to the elements < she died as a result of exposure suffered after a shipwreck — American Guide Series: Maine > < the work is hard … and exposure is part of the routine — E.P.Hohman > c. : a condition or an instance of being subjected to an experience or influence < long exposure to the temperature of boiling water — J.B.Conant > < the permanent effects of his early exposure to Catholicism — William Troy > < wearily cynical from years of exposure to human misery — New York Times > d. : a position with respect to the points of compass or to climatic or weather influences < a kitchen with a western exposure >3. : something (as a bed of mineral material) exposed to view < thousands of exposures of many different kinds of rock have been examined — W.E.Swinton >4. : the product of the flux density of radiation falling upon a surface by the time during which the surface is exposed to the radiation

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