| 释义 |
▪ I. exploiter, n.|ɛkˈsplɔɪtə(r)|
[f. exploit v. + -er1.]
One who exploits. a. One who turns to account. b. One who turns to account for selfish purposes.
a.1870Nation (N.Y.) 10 Mar. X. 152/2 Happy mining company..these fortunate exploiters. 1890Montreal Weekly Gaz. 11 Sept. 4/1 The coal seam opened lay on the north side of Cow Bay, and a considerable trade was carried on between the French exploiters, and..the West Indies.
b.1870Nation (N.Y.) 17 Feb. X. 101/2 The pockets of all the railroad exploiters..have..been crammed with public money. 1883Athenæum 24 Feb. 245 That shrewd and often not ungentle character whom his ‘exploiters’ malign as Hodge. 1887T. Kirkup Inq. Socialism iii. 86 The capitalists and exploiters of the new industrial era.
▪ II. exˈploiter, v.
[a. Fr. exploiter: see exploit v. (the inf. being irregularly adopted instead of the stem).]
trans. To make use of, develop, turn to account. Hence exˈploiterer.
1853T. Parker Theism, etc. Introd. 41 It is sad to see..disciples of this church..exploitered by a twofold jesuitry. 1864Fraser's Mag. Apr. 406 It..[the idea of the Book of Snobs] was repeated, diversified, and—to use an American adaptation of a French word..—‘exploitered’, till it became rather wearisome. 1864G. Dyce Bella Donna I. 48 Every proprietress of a ‘banner screen’ invariably determined to exploiter her work by the agency of the lottery-ticket. 1868Yates Rock Ahead ii. ii, The probable profits which would accrue were he to exploiter her musical talent. 1853T. Parker Theism, etc. (1863) 67 The God of the popular theology is the exploiterer of the human race. |