unearth

英 [ʌnˈɜːθ]

美 [ʌnˈɜːrθ]

v.  挖掘; 发掘; 使出土; (偶然或经搜寻)发现，找到

过去分词：unearthed　过去式：unearthed　现在分词：unearthing　第三人称单数：unearths　

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牛津词典

verb

• 挖掘；发掘；使出土
  to find sth in the ground by digging
  1. to unearth buried treasures
     挖掘地下埋藏的珍宝
• （偶然或经搜寻）发现，找到
  to find or discover sth by chance or after searching for it
  1. I unearthed my old diaries when we moved house.
     我们搬家时，我偶然发现了自己的旧日记。
  2. The newspaper has unearthed some disturbing facts.
     报纸揭发了一些令人不安的真相。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发现；揭露
  If someoneunearthsfacts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about.
  1. Researchers have unearthed documents indicating her responsibility for the forced adoption of children...
     调查人员已经发现了证明她对强制收养儿童事件负有责任的文件。
  2. The frauds have been unearthed by investigators working for the Camden and Islington Health Authority.
     这些欺诈行为已被卡姆登和伊斯灵顿卫生局的调查人员揭露了出来。
  3. ...the unearthing of a plot to assassinate the President.
     行刺总统的阴谋的曝光
• VERB 发掘，挖掘（埋藏物）
  If someoneunearthssomething that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground.
  1. Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old.
     化石搜集者们发掘出了一具大象骨骼，据信距今已有50万年。
  2. ...saying that the treasure had been unearthed on his property...
     称宝藏是在他家地里挖掘出来的
  3. More human remains have been unearthed in the north.
     北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。
• VERB 找到，发现（隐藏或丢失之物）
  If you say that someonehas unearthedsomething, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time.
  1. From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit...
     他不知从哪里找来了一套黑色的丝绸衣服。
  2. Today I unearthed a copy of '90 Minutes' and had a chuckle at your article.
     今天我找到了一期《90分钟》杂志，读了你的文章咯咯笑了半天。
  3. ...his reputation for unearthing talent from the most unlikely sources.
     他能从最不可能的地方发现人才的名声

英英释义

verb

• recover through digging
  1. Schliemann excavated Troy
  2. excavate gold
  Synonym:excavate
• bring to light
  1. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President

双语例句

• They will unearth the buried treasure here.
  他们将在这儿挖掘地下宝藏。
• For example: When professor glossary, the teacher may unearth the glossary internal cultural element, carries on has the goal explanation, like this is helpful to the student understood accurately.
  例如：在教授词汇时，教师可以挖掘词汇内部的文化因素，进行有目的的讲解，这样才有助于学生更加准确地理解。
• Your greatest ambition is to discover, to unearth, to explore.
  你最大的愿望是探索和发现。
• From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit
  他不知从哪里找来了一套黑色的丝绸衣服。
• I had to unearth the problem and I was looking for a way to explain it.
  我必须要挖掘出问题所在，而且我试图找到解释。
• Today I unearthed a copy of '90 Minutes' and had a chuckle at your article.
  今天我找到了一期《90分钟》杂志，读了你的文章咯咯笑了半天。
• I've asked Shirley to see what she can unearth on them.
  我已经让雪莉去调查他们的情况了。
• We should unearth the condition of value realization of socialist core value system in maximum to improve social function of people's essential power as well as social governing ability.
  我们应该最大限度地挖掘社会主义核心价值体系的价值实现条件，以提高人的主体本质力量的社会作用，从而提高它的社会统摄能力。
• What could be simpler, put a URL into your address bar and unearth some juicy content.
  还有什么简单，放入您的地址栏和挖掘一些多汁内容的网址。
• Finally, and most importantly, if you want to get the works of art of DIY with soul and vitality, the proposal is in hands-on DIY before launch and rich imagination, unearth more design inspiration.
  最后，也是最重要的一点，想让你DIY的作品拥有艺术的灵魂和生命力，建议在动手DIY之前先展开丰富的想象，挖掘出更多的设计灵感。