unmask
英 [ʌn'mɑːsk]
美[,ʌn'mæsk]
- vt. 撕下……的假面具；揭露
- vi. 脱去假面具
词态变化
第三人称单数: unmasks;过去式: unmasked;过去分词: unmasked;现在分词: unmasking;
英英释意
- 1. reveal the true nature of;
- "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"
- 2. take the mask of;
- "unmask the imposter"
英文词源
- unmask (v.)
- 1580s in figurative sense, c. 1600 in literal sense (transitive and intransitive), from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + mask (v.). Related: Unmasked; unmasking.
实用场景例句
- to unmask a spy
- 揭发间谍
牛津词典
- Mr Burkett has unmasked several hundred impostors.
- 伯克特先生已经揭穿了数百个冒名顶替者。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He managed to pass top secret documents to East Berlin for many years before he was unmasked in 1974.
- 在1974年被揭穿身份的数年里，他设法成功地把一些绝密文件交给了东柏林。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The artistic thing is, to unmask honest countenances!
- 我承认,做起来是有困难的!
期刊摘选
- Fortune does not change men. It only unmask man.
- 钱财并不会改变人, 它只会暴露人.
期刊摘选
- We shall unmask that cowardly cheat.
- 我们要拆穿那个卑劣骗子的假面具.
《简明英汉词典》
- Slowly, alcohol relaxes them, helps them unmask and melts their love and hatred.
- 酒精缓缓地让女人轻松下来, 卸下所有的面具,冰释所有的爱恨情仇.
期刊摘选
- No one knew at what moment, or in what place and murderous enemy might unmask himself.
- 谁也不知道,什么时间, 什么地方会突然冒出神出鬼没的凶残的敌人.
期刊摘选
- Go unmask andas you do, see yourself behind the mask.
- 走去拿下他的戏服,看穿那个面具, 看到你正在那个面具的后面.
期刊摘选
- He inwardly sighed and felt it necessary to unmask his second argument.
- 他不觉暗中叹气,同时觉得得把他的第二步办法使出来.
辞典例句
- Now, the search is unmask the mystery prankster.
- 现在人们正试图找出神秘马面人到底是谁.
期刊摘选
- The government cannot lie, and ordinary people have the right to unmask the government's lies.
- 政府不能说谎, 并且普通的老百姓有权利揭发政府的谎言.
期刊摘选
- to unmask a spy
- 揭发间谍
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》