exploit
verb- exploit something (disapproving)
to treat a person or situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself 利用（…爲自己謀利） He exploited his father's name to get himself a job. 他利用他父親的名聲爲自己找到一份工作。 She realized that her youth and inexperience were being exploited. 她意識到因爲自己少不更事而受人利用了。 The opposition parties will always exploit government problems to their own advantage. 反對黨總是會利用政府的問題爲自己謀利。
Extra ExamplesHe pursued his own interests, cynically exploiting his privileged position as trustee. 他無所顧忌地利用自己作爲受托人的特權地位追逐私利。 They were hoping to exploit any weaknesses the other team might have. 他們希望利用另一個隊可能有的任何弱點。 This legal loophole has been ruthlessly exploited by many unscrupulous investors. 這個法律漏洞被很多無良投資者無情利用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- mercilessly
- ruthlessly
- cynically
- …
- exploit somebody (disapproving)
to treat somebody unfairly by making them work and not giving them much in return 剝削；壓榨 What is being done to stop employers from exploiting young people? 目前有什麽措施制止僱主剝削年輕人呢？ The workers are ruthlessly exploited by their employers. 工人受到僱主殘酷的剝削。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- mercilessly
- ruthlessly
- cynically
- …
- exploit something
to use something well in order to gain as much from it as possible 運用；利用；發揮 She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play. 她在劇中把她那個角色的幽默發揮得淋漓盡致。 The company has been successful in exploiting new technology to the full. 這家公司在充分利用新技術方面很成功。
Extra ExamplesBirds exploit these wind patterns to the fullest. 鳥類對各種風型的利用達到了極致。 The team were quick to exploit their competitive advantage. 那支隊伍迅速利用了他們的競爭優勢。 The architect has cleverly exploited new materials and building techniques. 這位建築師巧妙地利用了新的材料和建築技術。 She was eager to exploit her discovery commercially. 她渴望爲自己的發現找到商業上的用途。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- extensively
- heavily
- fully
- …
- be determined to
- be keen to
- hope to
- …
to develop or use something for business or industry 開發；開采；開拓
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esploit (noun), based on Latin explicare ‘unfold’, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The early notion of ‘success, progress’ gave rise to the sense ‘attempt to capture’, ‘military expedition’, hence the current sense of the noun. Verb senses (mid 19th cent.) are from modern French exploiter.