单词 | exposition |
释义 | expositionn. a. The action of putting, or the condition of being put, out of a place; expulsion. Cf. expose v. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession outputtinga1387 voidingc1435 ejectmentc1523 exposition1530 extrusion1540 ejection1566 expulse1567 Jack Drum1592 eviction1599 ousting1858 bounce1876 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 218/1 Exposytion, exposition. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 819/2 No time of taryenge betwene their [angels'] synne and their exposicion. b. esp. The action of putting (a child) out in the open; abandonment to chance; = exposure n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [noun] > of infants > by abandonment exposition1581 exposing1732 exposure1863 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvi. 135 To disburden a common weale of vnnecessary number..by exposition..of enfantes. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 8 Hearing of the exposition of this royall Infant. 1747 Orig. Hum. Appetites i. ⁋5 in Parr Metaph. Tracts 18th C. (1837) The exposition of children without distinction..either of family or sex. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 47 The murder or exposition of the children of poor parents. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. Comm. 65. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > aspect or direction faced exposure1664 aspect1667 exposition1688 expositure1798 1688 Lett. Pres. State Italy 145 The water within them is in a full exposition to the Sun. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. v. 128 An Easterly Exposition. 1710 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (1719) 268 Those sorts which blow only in good Expositions. 1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 76 Erasmus..ascribes the plague..partly to the..bad exposition of the houses. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 182 By choosing an advantageous exposition, they can raise all the more hardy esculent plants. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 107 The exposition..is singularly happy; skreened by sloping hills. 3. a. The action of putting out to public view; an instance of this; a display, show, exposure. †Also (rarely) = exposure n. 1c, 1d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] spectaclea1340 speculationc1440 steracle14.. triumphc1503 show1565 sprank1568 ostentation1598 presentationa1616 exposition1649 gauds1652 raree-show1681 spectacle1749 exhibition1761 draw1881 spectacular1890 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > a disclosure > of something discreditable air1622 exposition1649 exposé1809 show-up1824 exposure1826 society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [noun] > showing forth ostension1607 exposition1834 society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > relic > [noun] > exhibition of exposition1844 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xvi. §2 The Synagogue had been thrown out to an inglorious Exposition and Contempt. 1788 Trifler xviii. 245 The country 'squires dreaded the exposition of their rustic conversation to the ordeal of her criticism. 1788 Trifler xxiv. 318 The exposition of these absurdities..should be forwarded by every man of sense. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 4 There happened to be an exposition of the holy wafer. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iv. 128 Grown Grey in the exposition of such antics. 1836 New Monthly Mag. 46 3 The practice of exposition on the pillory. 1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament 182 The Exposition of any Relic without an authentication has been strictly prohibited. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 331 The Host after High Mass (the Mass of Exposition) is placed on a throne above the altar..Relics and images must be removed from the Altar of Exposition. b. After modern French use; = exhibition n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] display1661 exhibition1761 show shop1772 travelling exhibition1800 show1831 exposition1851 showing1885 exhibit1894 étalage1900 show-up1931 installation1969 1851 Illustr. London News 29 Mar. 259/1 This Exposition usually takes place annually in the Louvre. 1851 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 5 Aug. (1954) I. 358 She seems to prefer London... A glance or two at the Exposition she thinks would do her no harm. 1868 G. A. Sala Notes & Sketches Paris Exhib. ii. 15 The Universal Exposition of 1867; that, you know..is the official designation. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 270 Paint!—the last Exposition warrants me, Plenty of people must ply brush with toes. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) II. 126 Typical villages of the different civilisations at the international expositions. 1891 Soc. of Arts, Title of Paper 11 Dec. 9 The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. 4. a. The action or process of setting forth, declaring, or describing, either in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] spellc888 talec1000 telling?c1225 relationc1390 fablec1400 collationc1430 deliverance1431 narrationc1449 exposition1460 recounting1485 deducing1530 recital1565 delivery1592 reporting1603 retailing1609 recountmenta1616 narrative1748 narrating1802 deducement1820 recountal1825 retailment1832 1460 Earl of Marche in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 10 We have charged your servant..for to declare..certayne things..Wherefore we beseche your graciouse lordeschip..to here him in exposicion of the same, and to his relacion to yeve ful feith and credence. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. 78 In the conduct and exposition of his arguments, he [Cicero] may and ought to be imitated. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 63 Clear exposition was the only thing needed to convert him to the new theory. b. A statement in which any matter is set forth in detail. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration > of facts or particulars exposition1388 reckoningc1390 prepositiona1513 factum1648 exposé1715 statement1750 exposal1885 tell-all1940 position statement1960 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Macc. ii. 13 These same thingis weren put in discripciouns and exposiciouns [L. commentariis] of Neemye. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxx. f. cxlv For the which dede after the Exposycion of some Auctours, the sayd Erle was punysshed. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exposition, commentarium. 1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. i. 180 If we look to the exposition of the objects of eating already given. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xvi. 311 The author of the theory has at various times published expositions of his views. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. i. 10 Of the great expositions of feudal custom, most are from Northern France. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 504 A question..that does not belong to the present anatomical exposition. c. Music. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > statement or restatement exposition1869 restatement1883 statement1883 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxiii. 178 Every fugue must commence with what is called ‘the exposition’ of the subject and answer. By this is simply meant the first entry of the subject, answer, and countersubject. 1880 F. A. G. Ouseley in Grove Dict. Music I. 568/2 After the exposition is completed by the successive and regular entry of every part. 1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 630/2 In forms of the harmonic order the term Exposition is commonly used of the first half of a movement in Binary form, because that part contains the statement of the two principal subjects. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era vii. 67 The exposition of the first is a perfect example of demoniac explosion, while, in the first movement of the C-major Symphony the exposition is a piece of inexorable consummation. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 230/1 Exposition, the statement of the musical material on which a movement is based... In a movement in sonata form it..consists in the presentation of the principal thematic material partly in the tonic key and partly in a subsidiary key or keys. 5. a. The action of expounding or explaining; interpretation, explanation. Also an instance or mode of this; an explanation, interpretation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Comm. 19 Hit nedeth exposicyon. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3856 An exposicion Of þe haly godspelle in a lesson. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋969 The exposicioun of this holy praier..I bitake to these maystres of theology. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxiii. 271 The exposicion of theise vers is this. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 234 You know the law, your exposition hath beene most sound. View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 7 Some Dreams I confess may admit of easie and feminine Exposition. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 302 The other Exposition, that makes Μοσχος the name of an Harper. 1729 B. Franklin Busy-body viii, in Amer. Weekly Mercury 20–7 Mar. 1/1 The..unaccountable Expositions that are put upon some of my Works. 1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 69 Attending the expositions of the persons commonly called Methodists. 1795 G. Wythe Decis. Cases Virginia 8 This exposition of the testament fulfilleth the intention of him who made it. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxvii. 690 It was..suggested..that Bacon's exposition of the law was unsound. 1877 W. Sparrow Serm. ix. 122 The exposition of the Bible. b. An expository article or treatise; a commentary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] expositiona1464 postils1483 commenta1522 commentary?1548 enarration1570 interpretation1572 commentation1579 margent1579 commentar1641 scholiasting1678 subnotation1705 margin1824 intertext1986 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 7 Specialy to gader eld exposiciones vpon scripture into o colleccion. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 553/1 In his exposicion vpon the first pistle of saint John. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 107 The reading of such expositions of Scriptures as are writ by..sincere followers of Christ. 1685 A. Lovell tr. R. Simon Crit. Hist. Relig. Eastern Nations xv. 149 They have..Expositions on those Books. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 66 The Prophecies..you had better..read..with a good exposition. c. Logic. (In various senses: see quots.) ΚΠ 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 4v There be two parts of Logike, Exposition of the nature of argumentes, and Disposition of the same. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. 6 Exposition, the first part of Logike, declareth the particular affection and nature of every severall argument. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. ii. xii. 102 Quantity is determined two wayes; One, by the Sense, when some sensible Object is set before it..which way of Determining is called Exposition. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xiv. 263 (note) The term exposition (ἔκθεσις) is employed by Aristotle, and by most subsequent logicians, to denote the selection of an individual instance whose qualities may be perceived by sense..in order to prove a general relation..apprehended by the intellect. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxiv. 12 It [sc. a declaration] is called an Exposition..when the evolution of a notion is continued through several explications. Derivatives expoˈsitional adj. of the nature of an exposition; explanatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 1845 J. B. Mozley Blanco White in Ess. (1884) II. 138 All those creeds..the simply expositional and interpretative form of the original revealed truth..—all this is thrown aside. 1867 J. Garfield in Cent. Mag. Jan. 1884, 413/2 Spurgeon..accompanied his reading with sensible..expositional comments. expoˈsitionary adj. inclined to exposition or setting forth in detail. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xviii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 420/1 He was of an argumentative and expositionary turn of mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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