ex·po·sure /ɪkˈspoʒɚ/
暴露,揭發,受到;曝光,輻照
exposure
曝光
exposure
曝光 曝露
Ex·po·sure n.
1. The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. --Macaulay.
2. The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.
When we have our naked frailties hid,
That suffer in exposure. --Shak.
3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. “Under a southern exposure.”
The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. --Sir. W. Scott.
4. Photog. The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
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exposure
n 1: vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold
or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died
from exposure";
2: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience;
"she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"
3: the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of
their campaign plans"
4: aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern
exposure"
5: the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability
to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" [syn: vulnerability]
6: the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or
plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
7: a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or
transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive
material [syn: photograph, photo, pic]
8: the act of exposing film to light
9: presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the
exposure of his anger was shocking"
10: abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as
infant out in the open)