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exploitative

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·ploit·a·tive /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ adjective  TREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDStaking as much as possible from someone or something and giving very little in return 剥削的 the exploitative nature of multinational companies 跨国公司的剥削本质
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exploitativeContemporary academic puritans regard studentprofessor intimacies as inherently exploitative.Johnston said the contract was exploitative and restrictive, with the financial arrangements much less lucrative than she'd expected.Traditional subordination is arbitrary, exploitative arid alien to the modern values of management by commitment.They are doomed by exploitative capital operating on a global scale.It's an unscrupulous way of exploitative discounting.However, they concentrated labour, largely that of women and children, in a more visibly exploitative mode.a sexually exploitative movieTo human beings the existence of exploitative relations of production would be agonizing were they perceived simply as exploitative.Informal labour relations tend to be more exploitative than those within the legitimate economy.
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exploitative
exploitative /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ adjective
taking as much as possible from someone or something and giving very little in return:
    the exploitative nature of multinational companies


ex·ploit·ativeBrE /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ 🔊 (NAmE also ex·ploit·ive BrE /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/ 🔊) adjectivetreating sb unfairly in order to gain an advantage or to make money 剥削的;榨取的