| 释义 |
exposé, n.
(‖ ɛkspoze, ɛkˈspəʊzeɪ)
Also (chiefly U.S.) expose.
[Fr.; pa. pple. of exposer: see expose v. There is some 19th c. evidence for a disyllabic pronunc. corresponding to the spelling expose.]
1. A statement put forth; a recital of facts or particulars.
1715J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich (1717) 137 Mercy..should, with such an Acclamation of exulting Joy, make a visible and glorious Expose of the Blessed Jesus, to Divine Justice. 1803Pitt in G. Rose's Diaries (1860) II. 11 The Consul's exposé speaks pretty plain. 1812Examiner 28 Dec. 822/1 This is the result of the Exposé which has just been made. 1813Ibid. 13 Mar. 168/2 The French Exposé states, that France will have..150 sail of the line. 1846Worcester cites Mackintosh ? 1765–1832.
2. A showing up of something discreditable. Also attrib.
1809P. Coxe (title) The Exposé; or, Napoleone Buonaparte unmasked, in a condensed statement of his career and atrocities. 1813Niles' Reg. IV. 185/1 (title) Expose of the French Empire. 1818Massachusetts Spy 14 May (Th.), The expose of the situation of the interior [of the French empire] exceeds the style of modern romance. 1828Lytton Pelham I. xxii. 171 Such an exposé might be attended with a loss the good woman valued more than reputation, viz., lodgers. 1830Massachusetts Spy 12 May, Chilton's expose. [Heading of an article on the shortcomings of the Jackson administration.] 1831Disraeli Yng. Duke v. xiii, She has been negotiating..for some time..and the late exposé will not favour her interests. 1841Congress. Globe 25 Jan. App. 152/3 And how was this honest expose met? 1845W. H. Maxwell Hints to a Soldier I. 163 This wretched exposé of Blake's incompetency. 1888St. Louis Globe Democrat 30 Mar. (Farmer), The expose of the Coal Hill convict camp horror. 1902E. Banks Newspaper Girl 106 ‘Don't go into it with the idea of an ‘expose’,’ said the editor. 1965Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1061/2 A startling series of exposé articles. 1966Listener 17 Nov. 749/1 This talk..dealt mainly with exposé journalism. Ibid., No newspaper embarked on an exposé without giving really serious thought to the matter. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 2–8 Apr. 67/1, I am..all for more exposes of the calibre of a recent one on British TV, ‘Cathy Come Home’. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 13/4 Some expose likely in the political arena. |