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单词 exploitation
释义 ex·ploi·ta·tion
\ˌekˌsplȯiˈtāshən sometimes _ik-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from exploiter to exploit (from Old French exploitier, expleitier, esploitier, espleitier to achieve, perform) + -ation
1. : an act of exploiting
 < here we get incessant exploitation of the author's social and political observations — F.B.Millett >
 < widespread exploitation of antibiotics for nonmedical use — Americana Annual >
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 a. : utilization or working of a natural resource
  < the sheep … finds its living by exploitation of pastures — Allan Fraser >
  < exploitation of water power >
 sometimes : a wasteful or destructive utilization of a natural resource
  < the spectacular results of uncontrolled exploitation of the soil … awakened the American people to their danger — K.D.White >
 b. : an unjust or improper use of another person for one's own profit or advantage
  < exploitation of the tourist destroys trade — Americas >
 specifically : utilization of the labor power of another person without giving a just or equivalent return
  < that magic word “colonies”, which means “trusteeship” to an Englishman and exploitation in Karachi or Delhi — Economist >
  < capitalist exploitation >
 c. : coaction between organisms in which one is benefited at the expense of the other — used especially of relationships (as that between an epiphyte and the plant on which it grows) in which the effect is less extreme than in parasitism or predation
2. : publicity, advertising
 < allotted … $250,000 for the film's new exploitation campaign — Newsweek >
 < the exploitation that a dozen American composers are getting today — Deems Taylor >
ex·ploi·ta·tion·ist \-sh(ə)nə̇st\ adjective
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