1 to use sth or to treat sb unfairly for your own advantage 剥削;利用:
Some employers exploit foreign workers, making them work long hours for low pay.有的雇主剥削外国工人,让他们长时间干活而给的工资很低。
2 to develop sth or make the best use of sth 开发;利用:
This region has been exploited for oil for fifty years.这个地区的石油已经开采了五十年。Solar energy is a source of power that needs to be exploited more fully.太阳能是一种有待更加充分开发利用的能源。 ➔exploitation /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn ||; ˌɛksplɔɪˈteʃən/ noun [U]:
They're making you work 80 hours a week? That's exploitation!他们让你每周工作80个小时?真是剥削!
exploit²
/ˈeksplɔɪt ||; ˈɛksplɔɪt/noun
[C] something exciting or interesting that sb has done 令人兴奋或感兴趣的行为
exploit1/IkˋsplɔIt; IkˈsplɔIt/v [T] 1 to treat someone in an unfair way, by not paying as much as they deserve 剥削﹐压榨: Many foreign workers are abused and exploited. 很多外国员工受到虐待和剥削。2 to use something effectively so that you get as much advantage as possible from it 充分利用: We must exploit the country's mineral resources. 我们必须充分利用国家的矿物资源。 —exploitation /͵ɛksplɔIˋteʃən; ˌeksplɔIˈteIʃ$n/n [U]
exploit2/ˋɛksplɔIt; ˈeksplɔIt/n [C usually plural 一般用复数] something brave or interesting that someone has done 英勇业绩﹐功绩: a book about his exploits in Latin America 一本关于他在拉丁美洲的英勇业绩的书
exploitexploitexploitsexploitedexploitingverb (exploits, exploiting, exploited)to treat somebody badly to get what you want: Some employers exploit foreign workers, making them work long hours for low pay.