exploitation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ex·ploi·ta·tion /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable] 1 TREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDSa situation in which you treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but give them very little in return – used to show disapproval 剥削〔含贬义〕exploitation of The film industry thrives on the sexual exploitation of women. 电影业的繁荣是建立在对女性性剥削的基础之上的。2 the development and use of minerals, forests, oil etc for business or industry 开发；开采exploitation of the controlled exploitation of resources 有节制的资源开发commercial/economic exploitation 商业/经济开发3 the full and effective use of something 充分利用exploitation of greater exploitation of these data 对这些资料更充分的利用4 an attempt to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly 〔有时并非公正的〕利用exploitation of the exploitation of religion for political ends 出于政治目的而对宗教的利用
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exploitation• The worst period of their poverty and exploitation in the United States seems to have occurred after the end of our period.• On the contrary, their recollection is embittered by the cruelty, exploitation and official oppression which they recall.• These attributes clearly included immense potential for societal and cultural modification in relation to economic exploitation of the environment.• Other Hawaiians have claimed that geothermal exploitation disrupts their worship of the goddess, Pele.• The steady inexorable process of exploitation, with great cost to the environment, has gone on and on.• But who is at the centre of the worldwide web of exploitation?• They are working to control the exploitation of the rain forests.• The company was fined for the exploitation of its immigrant workers.• They were significantly overrepresented in the underground economy, where they were prey to exploitation.commercial/economic exploitation• Instead of recognising a commercial exploitation, we're invited to see male lust as the corrupting force.• Sometimes this consciousness developed into a critique of middle-class morality and economic exploitation.• Much of it is therefore being focused on new developments for commercial exploitation in industry.• Subscription to the list is absolutely free and there is no commercial exploitation or hidden costs.• Human ecology includes a vast complexity of social elements, themselves functioning in relation to modes of economic exploitation in varying regional ecologies.• So it should be for the commercial exploitation of the public spectrum.• The alternative to economic exploitation is simply stated: we leave them alone.• These attributes clearly included immense potential for societal and cultural modification in relation to economic exploitation of the environment.ex·ploi·ta·tion nounChineseSyllable
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exploitation
ex‧ploi‧ta‧tion AC /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/
noun [uncountable]
1. a situation in which you treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but give them very little in return – used to show disapproval
exploitation of
The film industry thrives on the sexual exploitation of women.
2. the development and use of minerals, forests, oil etc for business or industry
exploitation of
the controlled exploitation of resources
commercial/economic exploitation
3. the full and effective use of something
exploitation of
greater exploitation of these data
4. an attempt to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly
exploitation of
the exploitation of religion for political ends
ex‧ploi‧ta‧tion AC /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/
noun [uncountable]1. a situation in which you treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but give them very little in return – used to show disapproval
exploitation of
2. the development and use of minerals, forests, oil etc for business or industry
exploitation of
commercial/economic exploitation
3. the full and effective use of something
exploitation of
4. an attempt to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly
exploitation of