单词 | exploiter |
释义 | exploiter (once / 16103 pages) n An exploiter is a user, someone who takes advantage of other people or things for their own gain. Being an exploiter is selfish and unethical. To exploit someone is to use them in a way that's wrong, like an employer who pays low wages but demands long hours. An exploiter is a person who treats others this way. Someone who runs a sweatshop that makes people work all day and night in the stifling heat for a tiny paycheck is an exploiter. Some say companies that burn a lot of oil are exploiters of the Earth. WORD FAMILYexploiter: exploiters+/exploit: exploitation, exploitative, exploitatory, exploited, exploiter, exploiting, exploitive, exploits, overexploit/exploitation: exploitations/exploitative: exploitatively/exploited: unexploited/overexploit: overexploitation, overexploited, overexploiting USAGE EXAMPLESBut other birds, which Marzluff called “adapters” or “exploiters,” will tolerate and even thrive around human development. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) At the same time, Mr. Habsburg says, the government tarnished the reputation of the royal family “as the mean exploiters of the poor.” Wall Street Journal(Nov 14, 2016) Mr. Trump, he said, followed in a long line of exploiters who “just — rub — salt — in our wounds.” New York Times(Nov 06, 2016) n a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically Syn|Hyper user selfish person a person who is unusually selfish |
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