unearthing

英 [ʌnˈɜːθɪŋ]

美 [ʌnˈɜːrθɪŋ]

v.  挖掘; 发掘; 使出土; (偶然或经搜寻)发现，找到
unearth的现在分词

COCA.42676

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

双语例句

• Students can get some enlightenment in theoretic education and methods by the significance of methodology in unearthing knowledge points in textbooks.
  善于挖掘教材知识点的意义，使学生从中受到理论的教育和方法上的启发；
• You can continue on this track, however, only as long as you're unearthing genuinely new information.
  你能继续踌躇下去，不过此时你必须一直处于发现真正新信息的阶段。
• This paper clarifies the significance of the pre-suppositional theory in language communication and lays a special emphasis on the possibility of the recipient's improving his capability of unearthing sufficient information under the structure by observing the presupposition triggers.
  本文阐明了前提理论在语言交际中的重要性，并强调了通过前提触发语提高信息接收者克分挖掘深层信息的能力的可能性。
• After unearthing new clues in the lab and making unexpected personal discoveries, the team realizes they belong back in Washington, D.C.
  重归实验室揭开全新线索的同时，大家伙儿也有各自的发现，他们都悟到原来他们真正的归属就是在华盛顿一起协同工作的地方。
• Deeply Unearthing the Component Part of National Languages in the Chinese Dialects of Qinghai
  深入挖掘青海汉语方言中的民族语言成分
• The further studies and unearthing of firsthand materials of khidan small script put forward some new challenges to our future study.
  契丹小字研究的不断深入，原始资料的陆续出土，对今后的研究工作提出了新的要求。
• Mostly, the former aims at unearthing the meaning of Existentialism, Feminism and old or new Historicism.
  前者主要解读文本所显示的存在主义、女权主义以及新旧历史主义等主题意义。
• The Prime Minister was, with his habitual energy and in spite of the serious threat to his health, devoting himself intensively to the task of unearthing every possible resource.
  首相虽然尚未康复，但他有好动的习惯，故仍致力于发掘每一个可能的办法。
• Dr Law says she spent five years travelling the country unearthing old newspaper cuttings, diary entries, letters and other documents to prove Parker was Austen's inspiration.
  劳博士说，她花了五年时间在英国各地旅行，寻找旧剪报、日记、信件以及其他可能证明帕克是奥斯汀灵感来源的资料。
• Respondents said the person they most dread unearthing one of the skeletons in their closet is their partner, though a quarter believed their other half would support them if they did find out.
  调查对象说他们最害怕自己的伴侣发现自己不可告人的秘密，而有四分之一的人认为即使另一半发现了自己的秘密还是会支持自己。