revealing
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·veal·ing /rɪˈviːlɪŋ/ AWL adjective 1 SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEa remark or event that is revealing shows you something interesting or surprising about a situation or someone’s character 揭露性的，揭示内情的 a revealing insight into her life 对她生活经历的深刻揭示2 DCCrevealing clothes allow parts of your body to be seen which are usually kept covered 〔衣服〕暴露的 → low-cut a very revealing dress 非常暴露的连衣裙 —revealingly adverbExamples from the Corpus
revealing• Figures for the proportion of the total population in the labour force are quite revealing.• I found this account sad but also rather revealing.• The distribution of problems is also revealing.• His second book on Mitterrand is filled with revealing anecdotes and interviews.• As he wrote in a revealing letter dated 20 September 1963: To go there is to destroy the magic.• An improper and dominant motive would have to be shown for revealing matters which would normally be in the public interest.• The most revealing numbers are the net income.• revealing swimsuits• More revealing than their obvious differences are those points of overlap between the materialist and the psychoanalytic accounts.re·veal·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
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revealing
re‧veal‧ing AC /rɪˈviːlɪŋ/
adjective1. a remark or event that is revealing shows you something interesting or surprising about a situation or someone’s character:
a revealing insight into her life
2. revealing clothes allow parts of your body to be seen which are usually kept covered ⇨ low-cut:
a very revealing dress
—revealingly adverb
re‧veal‧ing AC /rɪˈviːlɪŋ/
adjective1. a remark or event that is revealing shows you something interesting or surprising about a situation or someone’s character: 2. revealing clothes allow parts of your body to be seen which are usually kept covered ⇨ low-cut:
—revealingly adverb