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

• Michael Pappalardo, an archaeologist with engineering consultancy firm AKRF-hired to document artefacts discovered at the site-was on hand for the unearthing.
  AKRF工程顾问公司的一位考古学家，被雇佣来搜集这个遗址里发现的船只的证据，现在他正着手挖掘工作。
• Unearthing tidbits often involves some complexity, however, like discovering that you can have your way with HashMap, just as long as you never use a mutable object type as its key.
  但是发掘这些有用之物可能有点复杂，比如只要您不将可变对象类型作为键，您就可以用自己的方式使用HashMap。
• 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。
• In recent years particularly, with the unearthing of more archaeological materials and the application of theories of cultural anthropology, much progress has been made.
  近年来，随着更多考古学材料的发掘和文化人类学理论的应用，学界关于这一问题的研究取得诸多新进展。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Dr Law says she spent five years travelling the country unearthing old newspaper cuttings, diary entries, letters and other documents to prove Parker was Austen's inspiration.
  劳博士说，她花了五年时间在英国各地旅行，寻找旧剪报、日记、信件以及其他可能证明帕克是奥斯汀灵感来源的资料。
• As a dedicated teacher, she consistently devotes herself to serious scholarly research programs, unearthing and performing many scores that have previously been neglected.
  作为一位献身于歌唱艺术的教授，她持续不断地进行多项严肃音乐的学术研究，并致力演出苍海遗珠之作。