| 单词 | exploit |
| 释义 | exploit exploit // verb [+ obj]
1 to treat sb unfairly by making them work and not giving them much in return: Some employers exploit young workers, making them work long hours for low pay.
2 to use sth as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself: He exploited his father's name to get himself a job. They claim the firm exploited its dominant position in the software market. The company exploited a loophole in the law to allow it to fire 10 staff for refusing to work on Sundays.
3 to develop or make the best use of sth for business or industry: to exploit an oil field exploiting opportunities for growth finding ways to fully exploit the potential of the brand We haven't yet exploited the technology commercially.
exploitation // noun [U]: the exploitation of cheap labour commercial exploitation of the mineral resources in Antarctica exploitation of the situation for his own purposes |
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