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单词 exploitation
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exploitation

noun
 OPAL W
/ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/
/ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1.  
    (disapproving) a situation in which somebody treats somebody else in an unfair way, especially in order to make money from their work
    • the exploitation of children
    • Starvation and poverty are the result of global economic exploitation, not lack of resources.
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    • Migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation.
    • The party's avowed aim was to struggle against capitalist exploitation.
    • societies based on the exploitation of slaves
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brutal
    • ruthless
    • cynical
    verb + exploitation
    • prevent
    • struggle against
    • be open to
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  2.  
    the use of land, oil, minerals, etc.
    • commercial exploitation of the mineral resources in Antarctica
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    • Turtles are increasingly threatened by human exploitation.
    • the direct exploitation of natural forests
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    • efficient
    • full
    verb + exploitation
    • be ripe for
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  3.  
    (disapproving) the fact of using a situation in order to get an advantage for yourself
    • exploitation of the situation for his own purposes
    • her ruthless exploitation of popular fear
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    • efficient
    • full
    verb + exploitation
    • be ripe for
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