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单词 exploit
释义
exploit1 verbexploit2 noun
exploitex‧ploit1 /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINexploit1
Origin:
1500-1600 Old French esploit ‘result, success’, from Latin explicitus, from explicare; ➔ EXPLICATE
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
exploit
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyexploit
he, she, itexploits
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyexploited
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave exploited
he, she, ithas exploited
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad exploited
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill exploit
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have exploited
Continuous Form
PresentIam exploiting
he, she, itis exploiting
you, we, theyare exploiting
PastI, he, she, itwas exploiting
you, we, theywere exploiting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been exploiting
he, she, ithas been exploiting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been exploiting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be exploiting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been exploiting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Britain consistently fails to exploit the scientific discoveries made in its universities.
  • Christmas has been exploited for commercial reasons.
  • loan sharks who exploit the poor by charging up to 1000% interest per year.
  • Many 'New Age' therapists simply exploit the hopes and fears of sick people who would be better off going to their own doctor.
  • Many employers are only too ready to exploit and underpay female part-time workers.
  • Measure are being taken to stop employment agencies exploiting foreign workers desperate to find a job.
  • Opposition leaders were quick to exploit government embarrassment over the incident.
  • Peasants in remote areas of the country were being shamelessly exploited by wealthy land owners.
  • The country's natural resources have not yet been fully exploited.
  • The country could exploit its position as a major oil producer to push up world oil prices.
  • The factory's largely Hispanic workforce is underpaid and exploited.
  • We need to do a better job of exploiting our natural resources.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Maybe the firms exploited women employees or relied on child labor.
  • Priests were not always above exploiting the fear.
  • Second, they may wish to exploit advantages of scale.
  • The core material covers the syllabus in depth, and can be exploited in different ways with different types of class.
  • These ironworks were built in 173 6 and were worked for 130 years, exploiting local iron ore deposits.
  • Those filtering the information have also frequently exploited their position to select and control the flow for their own purposes.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to use something for a particular purpose: · Do you mind if I use your phone?· They rebuilt the church using local stone.· We use a range of different methods.
to use something that is available to you: · Staff can make use of a wide range of facilities.· She made full use of her contacts within the organization.
formal to use a particular method or skill in order to achieve something: · The surgeons employed a new technique.· They employed every means at their disposal (=every available method).
formal to use something that is available to you, for a practical purpose: · The company has developed a new way to utilize solar energy.· a better way of utilizing the space
to use something as fully and effectively as possible, or to use something that will give you an advantage over your opponent: · The country’s natural resources have not yet been fully exploited.· He was quick to exploit any weakness in his opponent’s argument.
to use something such as a method, idea, or system in a particular situation: · New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process.· I wanted to apply the things that I had learned on the course.
to use information, knowledge, or experience that you have learned in the past: · He was able to draw on his own experience as a diplomat when he was writing the book.· Journalists draw on information from many different sources.
to use violence, force, threats etc as a way of achieving something: · Extremists on both sides resort to violence.· We are prepared to resort to force if necessary.
Longman Language Activatorto make a profit in an unfair way
to make a profit from a situation in a way that is wrong or unfair: · He's just cashing in on the fact that his wife is famous.· Have you noticed how the record companies cash in on the death of famous pop stars by re-releasing all their old records?
to make a profit from a bad situation, instead of trying to help people: · Nobody should be allowed to profit from war and human suffering.· Crafty entrepreneurs like Harper profited from the ignorance of the masses.
when someone makes large profits from a bad situation by charging extremely high prices for things that people need to buy: · The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering.· As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous.
to make an unfair profit out of someone who is in a weaker position than yourself or who seriously needs the things you can sell them, do for them etc: · Measure are being taken to stop employment agencies exploiting foreign workers desperate to find a job.· Many 'New Age' therapists simply exploit the hopes and fears of sick people who would be better off going to their own doctor.· loan sharks who exploit the poor by charging up to 1000% interest per year.
to use someone for your own advantage
· Can't you see they're just using you?· She lets herself be used and then dropped by almost every man she meets.use somebody to do something · The drug smugglers used innocent travellers to carry the drugs through customs.use somebody for your own ends (=for your own advantage) · In his political life, he was not above using his family for his own ends.
to use someone for your own advantage, especially someone who is very generous or is easily persuaded or deceived: · Don't let them take advantage of you. Stand up for yourself.· Older brothers and sisters often take advantage of the younger children in a family.take advantage of somebody's good nature: · She's always willing to babysit, but I don't want to take advantage of her good nature.
to use someone in order to get what you want, especially to make money from their work: · Many employers are only too ready to exploit and underpay female part-time workers.· Peasants in remote areas of the country were being shamelessly exploited by wealthy land owners.
to make someone do exactly what you want them to do by influencing them in a clever and dishonest way: · He's so crazy about her he doesn't realize he's being manipulated.manipulate somebody into (doing) something: · He managed to manipulate her into lending his company £500,000.· He's such a nice man, I could imagine him getting manipulated into a situation like that.
informal to be able to persuade someone to do anything you want, especially someone who likes or loves you: · Young girls quickly learn how to wind Daddy around their little finger.have somebody wound/wrapped around your little finger: · It was obvious she had her mother wrapped around her little finger.
to use particular methods, knowledge, skills etc
· Researchers often use questionnaires in their work.· I can't tell you what to do - you must use your own discretion.use something to do something · The nurse must use her communication skills to make the patient feel at ease.· These new techniques are already being used to produce special effects in films.
to use a method, skill, or piece of information that is available to you: · People asked her why she didn't make use of her musical talent and give singing lessons.· We might as well make good use of his expertise while he's here.
to start to use something, especially knowledge or a skill that has not been used before: · Your knowledge of computers can finally be put to use when the office buys a new system next month.· When governments acquire personal information about people they always try to put it to political use.put something to good use: · I finally feel that I can put all my education to good use in this job.
to use something such as a method, idea, or system in a particular situation, activity, or process: apply something to something: · New technology is being applied to almost every industrial process.· You can't apply policies designed for a big country like the United States to a small country like Cuba.apply something to do something: · There are several tests you can apply to find out how old a tree is.
to use your authority, influence etc effectively in order to achieve something: · Parents sometimes need to exercise their authority and say "no" to their children.· The Congress must decide whether to exercise its veto or not.· Many people are exercising their right to leave the state pension plan.
also utilise British formal to use something that is available to you: · Employers must utilize their workers more effectively if the region is to become an economic success.
to use information, knowledge, or experience that you have learned in the past, in order to do something more effectively: · As a teacher, she drew on her knowledge of her own children.· Journalists draw on both published and unofficial information from many different sources.· It was a challenge, but luckily we had the experience to draw on.
to use something as fully and effectively as possible in order to gain as much as possible from it: · Britain consistently fails to exploit the scientific discoveries made in its universities.· The country's natural resources have not yet been fully exploited.
to use a situation in order to gain an advantage
: use something to do something · She used her position as manager to get jobs for her friends.· The prisoners used the confusion caused by the fire to conceal their escape.use something for something · Charles was able to use his family connection for his own personal advancement.use something as something · Right-wing activists used people's fear of unemployment as a way of stirring up extremism.
to use a situation in order to gain as much advantage for yourself as possible, especially in a way that people disapprove of: · Opposition leaders were quick to exploit government embarrassment over the incident.exploit something to do something: · The country could exploit its position as a major oil producer to push up world oil prices.
to use a situation in order to gain an advantage for yourself, especially when that situation has already existed for some time: · I made use of my old contacts to get a job when I come back from Australia.· The Republicans were making use of their large majority in congress to block legislation on taxes.
to use an opportunity in order to do what you want or need to do: · Shoppers flocked to take advantage of a supermarket price war which cut the price of many goods.take advantage of to do something: · Many small investors are taking advantage of these attractive share offers to make a quick profit.
: play on somebody's fears/greed/sympathy/prejudices etc to use someone's fears, sympathy etc in order to gain an advantage for yourself: · A common sales tactic is to play on people's greed in order to make them buy more than they need.· Disguised as an electrician, he played on people's trust to trick them out of money.
to use a situation in order to gain an advantage and make yourself more successful or more effective: · Teachers can capitalize on young children's natural curiosity.fail to capitalize on something: · The generals failed to capitalize on the weaknesses and divisions in the enemy camp.capitalize on to do something: · Will the President capitalize on his immense popularity to exert strong leadership?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Airlines may be exploiting legal loopholes in order to employ pilots trained outside the US.
(=use all the qualities that someone or something has)· Until now, the island has not exploited its potential as a tourist destination.
· He exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Compiled annually, it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques.· By fully exploiting their market position currently, monopolistic firms might elicit adverse public opinion and governmental censure.· Currently, the recogniser does not fully exploit information about the physical properties of the input.· The photographic record alone, indeed, has still to be exploited fully by historians.· However this is not sufficient to ensure that the research potential of the data is fully exploited.· Both sides shall give real substance to the agreement on the creation and work of cultural centres and fully exploit them.· Doubtless there will be many highly strategic opportunities where this humiliation will be fully exploited.· Whether managers fully exploit the pocket of discretion thus created depends on the intensity of their own commitment to profit maximisation.
· This might be successfully exploited by exploring the past from the viewpoint of the object under scrutiny.· By looking like a super-offspring, the cuckoo successfully exploits the normal pattern of interaction that exists between parent and young.
NOUN
· This is something which human beings exploit to their advantage.· This increased exposure allows them to exploit their advantages over more ordinary mortals more easily than their predecessors could.· Second, they may wish to exploit advantages of scale.· Loopholes, omissions or ambiguities should not be exploited to gain an advantage incompatible with the effective control of risk.
· The multinational drug companies are often exploiting that knowledge in their constant search for new and more profitable drugs.· Meanwhile the pharmaceutical companies exploit the beekeepers, who depend on them to control the mites.· However, no decision has yet been taken on how the company will exploit its investment.· And so, an Arizona-based company exploited that loophole, sending countless faxes to unsuspecting Californians.· Now, plans are being made cheaper and easier, allowing mutual fund companies to exploit this previously unattractive market.
· Bigamous males simply exploit the fact that females are in a hurry.· He knows that he is not obliged to be polite, and he exploits this fact.
· Currently, the recogniser does not fully exploit information about the physical properties of the input.· Because of this increase in transactions costs, the profits from exploiting company-specific information in the stock market decline.· The competitive process arises out of disequilibrium in markets giving opportunities for entrepreneurs to exploit their superior information and earn profits.
· Clinton, 49, has not sought directly to exploit the age issue in the fall campaign.· Republicans accused him of exploiting the issue for political purposes.
· Those people are not exploiting a loophole or grabbing at a large pot of gold.· And so, an Arizona-based company exploited that loophole, sending countless faxes to unsuspecting Californians.· The worm exploits three security loopholes in the systems to gain root access to the server and make changes to the system.· Simply hoping that governments will not exploit loopholes is stupid.· Other private placements are designed mainly for issuers, often to exploit tax loopholes.
· By fully exploiting their market position currently, monopolistic firms might elicit adverse public opinion and governmental censure.· We must continue to build on our strengths, and exploit the markets where they give us an edge.· The Midland, however, cannily saw the profit to be made from exploiting the potential mass market and led the way.· Now, plans are being made cheaper and easier, allowing mutual fund companies to exploit this previously unattractive market.· The Group continues to have a strong balance sheet and is ideally placed to exploit market opportunities in 1993 and beyond.
· Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.· To take inherent advantages, every civilization is born of immediate opportunities, rapidly exploited.· David Prosser reports Gordon Brown's Budget last month gave expatriate savers and investors several opportunities to exploit.· This would not please traders, who would lose opportunities to exploit the inefficiencies of the market as it is now constituted.· The learner is allocated to the ward for such a short period that every learning opportunity must be exploited to the full.· A peculiar habit, or a novel structure, opens a world of opportunity that can be exploited in a myriad ways.· The competitive process arises out of disequilibrium in markets giving opportunities for entrepreneurs to exploit their superior information and earn profits.
· The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position.· By fully exploiting their market position currently, monopolistic firms might elicit adverse public opinion and governmental censure.· There is never the feeling that in any way she is exploiting her position for her own good.· Not getting up was his way of exploiting his position.· It seemed to him quite possible that Dysart should exploit his official position to save an old friend from bankruptcy.· Those filtering the information have also frequently exploited their position to select and control the flow for their own purposes.· Many managerial positions involve the employee being both a representative of the capitalist and a worker who is in some degree exploited.
· Inevitably, composers have been quick to exploit percussion possibilities, and if anything we have suffered a period of over-use.· Cinema directors have long exploited the expressive possibilities of the wide-angled lens.· Planned towns were deliberate attempts to exploit the economic possibilities of a site; and like any other investment could go wrong.
· The House of Andreeyev had purchased the right to exploit the commercial potential of the Manchu system.· Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores.· Still, Anixter has only begun to exploit its potential.· Teaching strategies need to adapt to this new situation, to exploit the potential offered by computers.· This positions them uniquely in exploiting the multimedia potential of their list.· Two criticisms are frequently made of it: it is boring and it doesn't exploit the full potential of the medium.
· Those who exploited the potential power of the new instrument were recommended a Walter piano, which had a check.· We can exploit video's power to present vividly situations which are unfamiliar or inaccessible to us.
· Over many years in California they had acquired the know-how required to exploit a weak party situation.· He also saw that the Communist powers were themselves divided and that diplomacy might be used to exploit this situation.· Later bravado runs high to disguise their feelings and some of them exploit the situation for gain.· At the same time they also exploited the current political situation for their own ends.· If there were social unrest, a number of people would attempt to exploit the situation for their own ends.· It wishes to exploit this situation in order to raise interest rates.
· She was trapped with a sexist employer who exploited a sexist legal system.· Devi nevertheless exploits the existing system to help the underprivileged who come to her for help.· Hanson skilfully exploited the system of proportional representation, which asks voters to list candidates in order of preference.· Are women being exploited by a system which sees them as easy targets?· She hopes to exploit the preferential voting system in the federal elections to unseat the ruling coalition.
· Baker also plans schemes that help industry to exploit technologies developed by universities.· The suit also poisoned potential investors against Addamax which needed more money to exploit its technology, he said.· Perhaps still more impressive is Corning's record in exploiting its technology through joint ventures, a notoriously difficult form of business.· In addition more and more departments are exploiting the new technology in their teaching.
· Our sinister cop is able to exploit that weakness by offering a sympathetic ear.· This short-term outlook enables them to exploit the weakness of their customers without worrying about the long-term effects on customer relations.· Successive governments have exploited our weakness for anything tax-free with a series of investment schemes.
· Thus the capitalists have economic power, controlling and exploiting the worker, and this also gives them political power as well.· I explain that a lower price will exploit my workers.
VERB
· No decision made will fail to be carried out, and no opportunity will fail to be exploited.· Anyway, he did not fail to exploit his exalted status.· His incompetence was further shown up last year when he failed to exploit the break-up of the rebel movement into three factions.· He charges firstly that the present techniques fail to exploit the opportunity which interactive computing can offer.
· The Commonwealth of Independent States unit also hopes to exploit the need for new or additional CAD/CAM systems and software.· He also hopes to exploit the Burke's name by reproducing it on the labels of clarets, burgundies and champagnes.· The second-tier agencies hope to exploit these feelings.· She hopes to exploit the preferential voting system in the federal elections to unseat the ruling coalition.
· Clinton, 49, has not sought directly to exploit the age issue in the fall campaign.
· Rohan had tried to exploit her cynically for his own gain.· On the other side, among those trying to exploit these revelations, there is almost an equal disingenuousness.· Newcomen came up against Savery's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines.· Fear, indeed, appears to be growing that extremists may well try to exploit public discontent.· They therefore submitted nasty strategies, trying to exploit these anticipated softies!· Branson would momentarily drop his guard, and McLaren would immediately try to exploit it.
1to treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but giving them very little in return – used to show disapproval:  Homeworkers can easily be exploited by employers.2to try to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly:  The violence was blamed on thugs exploiting the situation.3to use something fully and effectively:  The new TV companies are fully exploiting the potential of satellite transmission.► see thesaurus at use4to develop and use minerals, forests, oil etc for business or industry:  the urgent need to exploit the resources of the Irish Sea—exploitable adjective—exploiter noun [countable]
exploit1 verbexploit2 noun
exploitex‧ploit2 /ˈeksplɔɪt/ noun [countable usually plural] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Kids will love these stories about Annie Oakley's exploits.
  • protests against the exploitation of children in the clothing industry
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But those in favour of the second chamber say it will survive Jamie's exploits.
  • Many script kiddies are quickly caught, often because they boast of their hacking exploits or are betrayed by their internet names.
  • Peden was not armed and did not take part in the band's less reputable exploits.
  • Perhaps Louis was also stung by the threatened negation of his own youthful exploits on the March.
  • Tales of Stan's exploits are legendary.
  • This was not his last military exploit, however.
  • To mention Kaptan was to devalue the exploit.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomething that someone does
something that someone does - always use this with the verb do: · The first thing you should do is connect the printer to the computer.a nice/stupid/nasty etc thing to do: · That was a really nice thing to do - I know Leona enjoys your visits.· I know I shouldn't have hit him - it was a dumb thing to do.the right/best/smart/only etc thing to do: · He gave her half the money because it was the right thing to do.
something that someone does: · You can't be blamed for the actions of your parents.· Bedell's financial problems do not excuse his actions.course of action (=something that you could do in order to deal with a situation): · There was only one possible course of action - he had to resign.
things that people do, especially as an organized group - use this especially about illegal things that people do: · The FBI is investigating the company's business activities.· There is growing evidence of drug-smuggling activities in and around the port.· Alberts created false documents to hide his activities from his employers.
when people are doing things, moving around, and looking busy: · There's a lot of activity downstairs - do you know what's going on?· Military activity was secretly taking place for weeks before the invasion.
a particular kind of action: act of courage/stupidity/cruelty/kindness etc: · Saving the boys from the river was an act of great courage.· We condemn all acts of violence, no matter what the reason.· The whole nation is very grateful for the numerous acts of kindness rendered in this time of crisis.
something very brave, very good or very bad that someone does - used especially in literature: · One day he will pay for his evil deeds.· He grew up reading the tales and legends of heroic deeds.good deed: · Well, that's my good deed for the day.
something that someone does that is admired because it is very difficult and you need a lot of skill or strength to do it: feat of: · Using the code requires incredible feats of memory.perform/accomplish/achieve a feat: · The circus acrobats perform amazing feats on the trapeze.· He led his team to victory for the tenth time, a feat no captain had achieved before.
brave or exciting actions that people are told about and admire: · The children loved to hear their father tell stories of his wartime exploits.· Powell's exploits on the Colorado River made him a hero of the old West.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Airlines may be exploiting legal loopholes in order to employ pilots trained outside the US.
(=use all the qualities that someone or something has)· Until now, the island has not exploited its potential as a tourist destination.
· He exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands.
 a brave and exciting adventure that someone has hadexploit of the daring exploits of the British Parachute Regiment
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