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单词 revealing
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Definition of revealing in English:

revealing

adjective rɪˈviːlɪŋrəˈvilɪŋ
  • 1Making interesting or significant information known, especially of a personal nature.

    a revealing radio interview
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eight of the mutant alleles have revealing molecular lesions that allowed them to be sorted into four groups.
    • The way someone says ‘no’ often can be more revealing than the actual information requested.
    • What's even more revealing is how the elite has come to see itself as ethically flawed.
    • Her rather revealing history lesson was cut short at the sharp protestations of the door as it was pushed open.
    • Check out the transcript of this very revealing interview on the Crikey website here.
    • Equally revealing is Lung's denial that he made Lucy a drunkard.
    • Is this your most personal and revealing film?
    • Not answering is not a way to get out of revealing information.
    • The implications of political apathy and cowardice are all the more significant for these revealing admissions.
    • History will record only the bare statistics, but the figures are less revealing than the timing of their accumulation.
    • What was particularly revealing was the way Dr Brash handled the intimidation.
    • Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of what it was like to be a visiting fellow at the Center for Public Choice.
    • Since the shah and his queen kept separate bedrooms, this is a revealing detail.
    • Now let us turn to a more philosophical but equally revealing look at these matters.
    • Remnick's strength is an eye for the simple, revealing detail.
    • The debacle has provided a revealing glimpse of how the profit system functions.
    • In the end I can't say I lived with McGee but I did gain a revealing insight into his life.
    • In this case too, sources outside official histories have proved to be particularly revealing.
    • What we find here is flagrant spin, a revealing glimpse into the sympathies of the reporter.
    • Dennis Quaid sat down with me for a very revealing interview just before his new movie premiered.
    Synonyms
    meaningful, expressive, eloquent, informative, indicative, suggestive, symbolic, relevant, pregnant, knowing, telling, pithy, valid, purposeful
    1. 1.1 (of an item of clothing) allowing more of the wearer's body to be seen than is usual.
      a very revealing dress
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Passing a few girls on the way there, she seemed to be dressed the most classic, other girls wearing much more modern and revealing dresses.
      • Women wearing revealing dress and the desperate looks associated with drug addiction can be spotted in front, usually at night, but often in broad daylight.
      • Warren noticed she wore the same revealing black dress she had on the previous night and guessed that maybe she was going out once again for her nightly stroll.
      • The room door hissed and Crystal entered, dressed in a rather revealing skirt that didn't look at all appropriate to a combat training assignment.
      • Obviously I look much hotter than that now and wear more revealing clothing.
      • Looking down the street Mother saw Mrs. V.'s daughter Annie walking toward them in a shockingly revealing dress for the 1940s.
      • She always seems to find a place in Georgia to find tight revealing clothes.
      • There were two other girls in equally revealing outfits.
      • We all express astonishment at how the women can withstand the near zero temperatures dressed in small, revealing tops.
      • I should really have got her to stand behind me, in a revealing dress, rubbing my shoulders.
      • She's wearing a revealing evening dress and proceeds to drape herself over various parts of the car's anatomy.
      • Some wore rather revealing clothing, making Kyra wonder whether they sold their bodies for money.
      • Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
      • Anyway, I've never worn very revealing clothes because of my insecurity issue.
      • He yelled, pointing at the revealing outfit I had to wear that weekend.
      • Last but not least, young ladies should avoid wearing revealing dresses in the public.
      • If my predictions were true, Lorraine would be wearing a very revealing scarlet red dress, showing off her cleavage and long legs.
      • Torn and revealing black clothing made her fair skin and mahogany eyes stand out dramatically.
      • In Rome, a creature dressed in revealing and form-fitting clothes like these, no matter how beautiful she was, would have been considered a whore and a disgrace to her family.
      • Their classmates, club regulars, arrive around 8:30, wearing even tighter and more revealing outfits.

Derivatives

  • revealingly

  • adverbrɪˈviːlɪŋlirəˈvilɪŋli
    • He has proved to be a brilliant raconteur able to reflect revealingly on his work of 20 years ago, but these are retrospective observations sharpened up in the telling.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was too early for business, and the Ladies of the Night, as they were called in a politer age, were sitting outside their homes with their skirts pulled up revealingly.
      • This is a revealingly diverse gathering to mark the opening of the Human Sciences Research Council's office in Cape Town, and I greatly welcome this opportunity to speak to you.
      • The author brings the Old Testament world revealingly close to our own century, and he makes vivid the notion that God's purposes are worked out in the ordinariness of specific human lives.
      • Stockdale held his head in horror afterwards but, revealingly, went on to produce the kind of composed and focused performance that has typified his impressive ten-match stint in the first team.

Rhymes

appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling
 
 

Definition of revealing in US English:

revealing

adjectiverəˈvēliNGrəˈvilɪŋ
  • 1Making interesting or significant information known, especially about a person's attitude or character.

    a revealing radio interview
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The implications of political apathy and cowardice are all the more significant for these revealing admissions.
    • Now let us turn to a more philosophical but equally revealing look at these matters.
    • The way someone says ‘no’ often can be more revealing than the actual information requested.
    • Her rather revealing history lesson was cut short at the sharp protestations of the door as it was pushed open.
    • Equally revealing is Lung's denial that he made Lucy a drunkard.
    • Dennis Quaid sat down with me for a very revealing interview just before his new movie premiered.
    • Remnick's strength is an eye for the simple, revealing detail.
    • In the end I can't say I lived with McGee but I did gain a revealing insight into his life.
    • Since the shah and his queen kept separate bedrooms, this is a revealing detail.
    • What was particularly revealing was the way Dr Brash handled the intimidation.
    • Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of what it was like to be a visiting fellow at the Center for Public Choice.
    • History will record only the bare statistics, but the figures are less revealing than the timing of their accumulation.
    • What's even more revealing is how the elite has come to see itself as ethically flawed.
    • Is this your most personal and revealing film?
    • Not answering is not a way to get out of revealing information.
    • The debacle has provided a revealing glimpse of how the profit system functions.
    • Check out the transcript of this very revealing interview on the Crikey website here.
    • Eight of the mutant alleles have revealing molecular lesions that allowed them to be sorted into four groups.
    • What we find here is flagrant spin, a revealing glimpse into the sympathies of the reporter.
    • In this case too, sources outside official histories have proved to be particularly revealing.
    Synonyms
    meaningful, expressive, eloquent, informative, indicative, suggestive, symbolic, relevant, pregnant, knowing, telling, pithy, valid, purposeful
    1. 1.1 (of an item of clothing) allowing more of the wearer's body to be seen than is usual.
      a very revealing dress
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The room door hissed and Crystal entered, dressed in a rather revealing skirt that didn't look at all appropriate to a combat training assignment.
      • Looking down the street Mother saw Mrs. V.'s daughter Annie walking toward them in a shockingly revealing dress for the 1940s.
      • In Rome, a creature dressed in revealing and form-fitting clothes like these, no matter how beautiful she was, would have been considered a whore and a disgrace to her family.
      • Torn and revealing black clothing made her fair skin and mahogany eyes stand out dramatically.
      • Anyway, I've never worn very revealing clothes because of my insecurity issue.
      • If my predictions were true, Lorraine would be wearing a very revealing scarlet red dress, showing off her cleavage and long legs.
      • She's wearing a revealing evening dress and proceeds to drape herself over various parts of the car's anatomy.
      • There were two other girls in equally revealing outfits.
      • Warren noticed she wore the same revealing black dress she had on the previous night and guessed that maybe she was going out once again for her nightly stroll.
      • Some wore rather revealing clothing, making Kyra wonder whether they sold their bodies for money.
      • We all express astonishment at how the women can withstand the near zero temperatures dressed in small, revealing tops.
      • She always seems to find a place in Georgia to find tight revealing clothes.
      • I should really have got her to stand behind me, in a revealing dress, rubbing my shoulders.
      • Women wearing revealing dress and the desperate looks associated with drug addiction can be spotted in front, usually at night, but often in broad daylight.
      • Passing a few girls on the way there, she seemed to be dressed the most classic, other girls wearing much more modern and revealing dresses.
      • Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
      • He yelled, pointing at the revealing outfit I had to wear that weekend.
      • Obviously I look much hotter than that now and wear more revealing clothing.
      • Their classmates, club regulars, arrive around 8:30, wearing even tighter and more revealing outfits.
      • Last but not least, young ladies should avoid wearing revealing dresses in the public.
 
 
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