exploitation

英 [ekspl??'te??(?)n] 美[,?kspl??'te??n]

TOEFL中頻詞擴展詞匯

exploitation 開發，剝削

來自exploit, 剝削，利用。

exploitation (n.): 1803, "productive working" of something, a positive word among those who used it first, though regarded as a Gallicism, from French exploitation, noun of action from exploiter (see exploit (v.)). Bad sense developed 1830s-50s, in part from influence of French socialist writings (especially Saint Simon), also perhaps influenced by use of the word in U.S. anti-slavery writing; and exploitation was hurled in insult at activities it once had crowned as praise.
It follows from this science [conceived by Saint Simon] that the tendency of the human race is from a state of antagonism to that of an universal peaceful association -- from the dominating influence of the military spirit to that of the industriel one; from what they call l'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme to the exploitation of the globe by industry. ["Quarterly Review," April & July 1831]

1. Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.: 門德斯先生正領導一場運動，以拯救遭到亂砍濫伐的巴西熱帶雨林。

2. Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation.: 這些女性幾乎無一例外都受到了盤剝。

3. I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation.: 我想他們的罪行比單純的剝削更殘忍。

4. The developed nations have all benefited from their imperialist exploitation.: 發達國家全都從他們的帝國主義剝削中獲益。