unearthing

英 [ʌnˈɜːθɪŋ]

美 [ʌnˈɜːrθɪŋ]

v.  挖掘; 发掘; 使出土; (偶然或经搜寻)发现，找到
unearth的现在分词

COCA.42676

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发现；揭露
  If someoneunearthsfacts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about.
  1. Researchers have unearthed documents indicating her responsibility for the forced adoption of children...
     调查人员已经发现了证明她对强制收养儿童事件负有责任的文件。
  2. The frauds have been unearthed by investigators working for the Camden and Islington Health Authority.
     这些欺诈行为已被卡姆登和伊斯灵顿卫生局的调查人员揭露了出来。
  3. ...the unearthing of a plot to assassinate the President.
     行刺总统的阴谋的曝光
• VERB 发掘，挖掘（埋藏物）
  If someoneunearthssomething that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground.
  1. Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old.
     化石搜集者们发掘出了一具大象骨骼，据信距今已有50万年。
  2. ...saying that the treasure had been unearthed on his property...
     称宝藏是在他家地里挖掘出来的
  3. More human remains have been unearthed in the north.
     北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。
• VERB 找到，发现（隐藏或丢失之物）
  If you say that someonehas unearthedsomething, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time.
  1. From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit...
     他不知从哪里找来了一套黑色的丝绸衣服。
  2. Today I unearthed a copy of '90 Minutes' and had a chuckle at your article.
     今天我找到了一期《90分钟》杂志，读了你的文章咯咯笑了半天。
  3. ...his reputation for unearthing talent from the most unlikely sources.
     他能从最不可能的地方发现人才的名声

双语例句

• But the task of unearthing the mines won't be easy.
  但排雷工作可布简单。
• That on the question of how to destroy the feudal system it laid too much stress on unearthing the landlords 'hidden property;
  在如何消灭封建制度的问题上太注重了清查地主的地财；
• Mostly, the former aims at unearthing the meaning of Existentialism, Feminism and old or new Historicism.
  前者主要解读文本所显示的存在主义、女权主义以及新旧历史主义等主题意义。
• Respondents said the person they most dread unearthing one of the skeletons in their closet is their partner, though a quarter believed their other half would support them if they did find out.
  调查对象说他们最害怕自己的伴侣发现自己不可告人的秘密，而有四分之一的人认为即使另一半发现了自己的秘密还是会支持自己。
• The development of youth human resource refers to the theory and practical work which aim at improving the youth quality, unearthing the youth potential, reasonably allocating and using youth human resource.
  青年人力资源开发，指的是旨在提高青年素质、挖掘青年潜力、合理配置和使用青年人力资源的理论和实践工作。
• Museum's sustainable development should be boosted through unearthing its scientific connotation and scientific education function, introducing joined exhibitions, improving the quality of its staff, and changing administrative modes.
  自然科学博物馆的发展，一方面应立足于自然科学博物馆的科普教育功能，充分发掘其科学文化内涵，另一方面应通过引进联展、提高人员素质、改变管理模式等方式来促进博物馆的可持续发展。
• This thesis is working on the direction of unearthing these signs and their deeper reasons, discovering the possible influences to the literature and non-literature field, and reappraising the value and the limitations of aestheticism on its basis.
  呈现这些征象、挖掘其深层原因、指出其对文学或非文学领域的可能性影响，并在此基础上重新评价唯美主义的价值意义及局限正是本文努力的方向。
• Unearthing more uranium is expensive and time-consuming.
  发掘更多的铀矿成本昂贵而且耗费时间。
• The Prime Minister was, with his habitual energy and in spite of the serious threat to his health, devoting himself intensively to the task of unearthing every possible resource.
  首相虽然尚未康复，但他有好动的习惯，故仍致力于发掘每一个可能的办法。
• China has rolled out new population figures, unearthing ─ among a host of fresh data ─ some revealing information on the gender gap.
  中国已公布了一系列新的人口普查数据，其中一些有关男女性别比的数据发人深思。