| 单词 | unearth |
| 释义 | unearth (ʌnɜːʳθ ) Word forms: unearths , unearthing , unearthed 1. verb If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about. Researchers have unearthed documents linking her to the forced adoption of children. [VERB noun] The frauds have been unearthed by investigators working for the Health Authority. [VERB noun] ...the unearthing of a plot to assassinate the President. [VERB-ing] 2. verb If someone unearths something that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground. Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old. [VERB noun] ...saying that the treasure had been unearthed on his property. More human remains have been unearthed in the north. Synonyms: dig up, excavate, exhume, dredge up [informal] 3. verb If you say that someone has unearthed something, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time. From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit. [VERB noun] She has unearthed a collection of original posters designed for Biba. [VERB noun] ...his reputation for unearthing talent from the most unlikely sources. [VERB noun] Collocations: unearth a secret Join the surreal comedy team as they unearth the secrets and taboos of life and death in a series of sketches. The Sun By looking at them, they can unearth the secrets of the deep. Times, Sunday Times The only problem was that they appeared to have unearthed the secret a little too late. Times, Sunday Times He unearths the secret of this hidden treasure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Family lawyers warn that the chef's lawsuit could end the practice by spouses of turning detective to unearth evidence. Times, Sunday Times Their investigation unearths evidence that the defendants may have been acting under orders, which points to a trail of corruption. The Sun For the first time, former members open up about their work and the programme unearths evidence that the soldiers broke the law. The Sun In this and other cases police and the courts must stick to the task of unearthing evidence and following wherever it leads. Times, Sunday Times Investigators are said to have unearthed evidence of the biggest cover up of its kind in banking history, so that the blacklisted countries did not appear in official documents. Times, Sunday Times They team up with a sewer-dwelling pal to unearth the truth behind the purse. Times, Sunday Times So how far would you go to unearth the truth? The Sun She dismisses the inquiry as an 'expensive whitewash' that still did not unearth the truth. Times, Sunday Times She must now unearth the truth and find a way to stop the nightmare which surrounds the lighthouse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was believed that the tree would help unearth the truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 挖掘出土 Japanese: 発見する事実や証拠を苦労して |
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