SYNONYMS同义词辨析 expk>de
blow up ♦ go off ♦
burst ♦ erupt ♦ rupture ♦ implode
These
are all words that can be used when sth bursts apart vio县entty, causing damage or
injury.以上各词均
可表示爆炸、爆破、爆裂。
explode to burst loudly and
violently, causing damage; to make sth burst _in this way 指爆炸、爆 破、爆裂、引爆：The
jet smashed into a hillside and 喷气式飞机撞上山坡爆炸了。◊ 77)e homfc was exploded under controlled conditions•样弹在受控 条件下被引爆了。
blow (sth) up to be destroyed by an
explosion; to destroy sth by an explosion 指爆炸、（被）炸裏：A police officer
was kitled when his car blew up. —名警
员在其汽车爆炸时遇难。
go off (of a bomb) to explode;
(of a gun) to be fired ^ 炸弹爆炸、枪开火：T/re kwwfc o方7/7 fl crowded
street炸弹在挤满人的大街上爆炸了。 EEflaWhen
used about guns, the choice
of go off (not 'be fired') can suggest that the gun was fired by accident.用于...
枪时go off (而非be fired )可奉示去火。
burst to break open or apart,
especially because of pressure from inside; to make sth break in this way ^ (使）爆裂、胀开：That
balloon’s going to burst 气
球马上要爆了。
erupt (of a volcano) to throw
out burning rocks and smoke; (of burning rocks and smoke) to be thrown out of a
volcano指火山爆发、（岩浆、烟）喷出
rupture
{formal or medical) to burst or break apart
a pipe, container or organ inside the body; to be burst or broken apart指（使）管道、容舍或体内
组织破裂、断裂、裂开：
vwter a// over the ——永管故裂，漏了满屋子
的水。
implode to burst or explode
inwards 指向心聚爆、
内爆：The windows on both sides of the
room had /mp/Md房间两边的窗子朝里面爆炸了b
PATTERNS AND
COLLOCATIONS
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A bomb exploded/blew up/went
off/burst.
鼸 The car/plane/vehide exploded/blew
up.
■
A firework/rocket exploded/went off.
■
A volcano erupted.
a A pipe/tank
burst/ruptured.
鼸 a burst/ruptured appendix/artery
ex-ptoit verb, noun
m verb /ik'sploit/ [VN] 1 {disapproving) to treat a person or
situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself 利用& 自己谋利）：He exploited
his/ather’s name to get Wmse。a job. ‘利用他父亲的名声为自己找
到一份工作。◊ She reaHzed that her youth and inexperience were being exploited.
她意识到 自己的年轻和缺乏经
验正受人利用。2 (d/sapprov/ng)
to treat sb unfairly by making them work and not giving them much in return 剥削；压榨：What is being done to
stop empZoyers介om exp Wring young
people ?目前有什么措命制it雇主剥削年 轻，人.昵？ 3 to
use sth well in order to gain as much from it as possible 运用；利用；发挥：She知办 exploits
the humour 〇/ her ro〖e m the pkiy.她在剧屮把她_个角
色的幽默发挥得淋漓尽致。4〜sth (for sth) to develop or use sth
for business or industry.开发；开.采；，开拓： countries exploiting the rafn/ore5ts
./or hardwood 为获
取硬木而开发热带雨蘇的国家◊ iV〇 minerak have yet been exj^oited in Antarctica.南极洲的矿藏还未开采。
► ex-ploit-er noun [c]
»noun /'eksploit/ [usually pi ] a brave, exciting
or inter- esting act英勇（或激动人心、引人注目）的行为:the daring exploits 〇/Roman heroes罗马英雄英勇无畏的行为
ex-ploit-ation /.eksploi'teijn/ noun [U] 1 {disapproving) a situation in which sb
treats sb else in an unfair way,
[703 explosive
especially
in order to make money from their work 剥削；棒取：the expioitarion 〇/ children对儿童的剥削
2
the use of land, oil, minerals, etc.利用；开发；‘开采： commercial exploitation of the mineral
resources in Antarctica南极洲矿物资源的商业开采3 (d/«7pprav/>jg) the
fact of using a situation in order to get an advan- tage for yourself (出于私利的）利用：expZoitarion 〇/ the situation/or his own purposes利用这种爲势达到他自
己的目的
ex-ploit-ative
/ik'splortativ/
{NAmE also ex.ploit.ive /ik'sjdoitiv/) adj. treating sb unfairly
in order to gain an advantage or to make money 剥削的；棒取的 ex-plor-ation /.eksple'reiXn/ noun [C, U] 1 the act of travelling
through a place in order to find out about it or look for sth in it 齒探；勘查；探索：the ejq)Zomrion qf
space 对宇宙空间的探索◊ oi〖exploration (=
searching for oil in the ground)石油勘探 2
an examination of .sth in order to find out about it 探究；研究；探测：the book’s expZoratiwis 〇/the human mind 本书对人类思维
的研究
ex-plora-tory
/ik'splDretri; NAmE ik'sploiratoiri/ adj.
dcwie with the intention of examining sth in order to find out more about
it探索的；探究的；探测的；勘
探的：exploratory surgery 探索性手.术々 exploratory
drying/or oii钻井勘探石油 ex-plore 〇t* /ik'splo:(r)/
verb
1 ~ (stl») (for sth) to travel to or around
an area or a country in order to leam about it 勘探；勘查；探索；
考察：[VN] TTie ciiy best expZored on/oot.最好毒―步
4秦这个城市。◊ TTiey
e^pk>red the kmd to the south 〇/ the
Ex'plorer
Scout noun
{US) = Venture Scout ex-pl〇-si〇n CH* /ik'spl0U3n; NAmE-'splou-/
noun 1 [C, U] the
sudden violent bursting and loud noise of sth such as a bomb exploding; the act
of deliberately causing sth to explode 爆炸，爆破，爆裂（声）：a bomb/nudear/gas
explosion 妹弹 / 核 / 气‘体爆炸.◊
There were two loud explosions and then the building burst into_/Zames.两声巨响之后建筑物便燃烧起来。◊ Bomb Squad
officers carried out a controlled explosion 〇/the device.炸弹处理小组官员在严密控制下引爆了这一
叙置。◊ 300 peopZe
were injured the expZoswn•有 300
A在爆炸中受兩。2 [C] a large, sudden or
rapid increase in the amount or number of sth 突增；猛增；激增：a popuZation expkwion 人 口激增◊ an explosion 〇/interest in 〖earning Japanese学习日语的兴金陡然上升3 [C] (formal) a sudden, violent
expression of emotion, espe- cially anger (感情，尤指愤怒的 >
突然爆发，迸发003 OUTBURST
ex-plo-sive /ik'splausrv;
-ziv; NAmE -'splou-/ adj.,
noun ■
acfy’.
1 easily able or likely to explode 易爆炸於；可能引 起爆炸的：an exptosfve device (=
a bomb)易爆喿置 (_弹 > ◊ an
exptosive mixture o/chemfcaZs 易爆化学混 合物 2
likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hatred易爆发的；可能引起冲动的；爆炸性的：
a
potentiaHy 丨osfve situation可能引起爆炸性反应的形
势 3 often having sudden
violent or angry feelings 暴 * 的：cm explosive temper 暴躁的脾气 4
increasing
.suddenly and rapidly 突增的■;猛 _
如；激增的：the explosive growth of the export
market /ij P 大 5
(of a sound 声音）suAden and loud 爆金 ^
►
ex.plo- sive-ly adv.