单词 | exposé |
释义 | exposén. 1. A statement put forth; a recital of facts or particulars. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration > of facts or particulars exposition1388 reckoningc1390 prepositiona1513 factum1648 exposé1715 statement1750 exposal1885 tell-all1940 position statement1960 1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 121 Mercy..should, with such an Acclamation of exulting Joy, make a visible and glorious Expose of the Blessed Jesus, to Divine Justice. 1803 W. Pitt in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 11 The Consul's exposé speaks pretty plain. 1812 Examiner 28 Dec. 822/1 This is the result of the Exposé which has just been made. 1813 Examiner 13 Mar. 168/2 The French Exposé states, that France will have..150 sail of the line. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Mackintosh). 2. A showing up of something discreditable. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > a disclosure > of something discreditable air1622 exposition1649 exposé1809 show-up1824 exposure1826 1809 P. Coxe (title) The Exposé; or, Napoleone Buonaparte unmasked, in a condensed statement of his career and atrocities. 1813 Niles' Reg. 4 185/1 (title) Expose of the French Empire. 1818 Massachusetts Spy 14 May The expose of the situation of the interior [of the French empire] exceeds the style of modern romance. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxii. 171 Such an exposé might be attended with a loss the good woman valued more than reputation, viz. lodgers. 1830 Massachusetts Spy 12 May Chilton's expose. [Heading of an article on the shortcomings of the Jackson administration.] 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke III. v. xiii. 263 She has been negociating..for some time..and the late exposé will not favour her interests. 1841 Congress. Globe 25 Jan. App. 152/3 And how was this honest expose met? 1845 W. H. Maxwell Hints to Soldier I. 163 This wretched exposé of Blake's incompetency. 1888 St. Louis Globe Democrat 30 Mar. (Farmer) The expose of the Coal Hill convict camp horror. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 106 ‘Don't go into it with the idea of an “expose”,’ said the editor. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1061/2 A startling series of exposé articles. 1966 Listener 17 Nov. 749/1 This talk..dealt mainly with exposé journalism. 1966 Listener 17 Nov. 749/1 No newspaper embarked on an exposé without giving really serious thought to the matter. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 2 Apr. 67/1 I am..all for more exposes of the calibre of a recent one on British TV, ‘Cathy Come Home’. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 13/4 Some expose likely in the political arena. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1715 |
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