| 单词 | disclosure |
| 释义 | disclosure (once / 512 pages) n If you make a disclosure, you reveal information not previously known — either because it's new information or because it's been kept secret. Disclosure of new evidence at a trial could reveal that the accused is innocent of the crime. The noun disclosure derives from the Old French word desclos, meaning "open, exposed, plain, explicit." If you make a disclosure, you put something out in the open, usually information that was formally secret. After the disclosure of your huge credit card debt, your parents might make you get a job. The disclosure that nicotine is really addictive has motivated many people to quit smoking. The disclosure of one coworker's salary to another could lead to bitter jealousy. WORD FAMILYdisclosure: disclosures+/disclose: disclosed, discloses, disclosing, disclosure/disclosed: undisclosed USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s just more transparency, full disclosure, let the parent become involved in the decision-making.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) This disclosure filled in a crucial piece of the puzzle. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) I won’t disclosure their unusual powers, but they are worth the price of admission. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) n the act of making something evident Syn|Hypo|Hyper revealing, revelation singing, tattle, telling disclosing information or giving evidence about another displaybehavior that makes your feelings public divulgement, divulgencethe act of disclosing something that was secret or private discoverysomething that is discovered discovery(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case giveawayan unintentional disclosure informing, rattingto furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) leak, news leakunauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information exposurethe disclosure of something secret histrionicsa deliberate display of emotion for effect productiona display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated sackcloth and ashesa display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief expose, unmaskingthe exposure of an impostor or a fraud muckrakingthe exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) speech act the use of language to perform some act |
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