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单词 uncover
释义
uncover
verb[T]
uk
/ʌnˈkʌv.ər/us
/ʌnˈkʌv.ɚ/
C1
todiscoversomethingsecretorhiddenorremovesomethingcoveringsomethingelse:
揭露，发现（秘密或隐藏物）；揭开（覆盖物）
Theinvestigationuncoveredevidenceof a large-scaleillegaltradeinwildbirds.调查发现了大规模非法交易野生鸟类的证据。
Thebiographyis anattemptto uncover theinnerman.该传记试图揭示他内心世界的隐秘。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to find someone or something
  • findI've looked everywhere for my keys but can't find them.
  • discoverThe missing wallet was discovered under the chair.
  • locatePolice are still trying to locate the suspect.
  • uncoverReporters uncovered evidence of corruption.
  • unearthOur investigation unearthed mountains of evidence that implicated the city.
  • come acrossWe came across a lovely little restaurant in the village.
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tofindsomethingburiedunder thegroundbyremovingtheearthontopof it:
发掘，挖出
Digging in hergarden, she uncovered ahoardofgolddatingback to the ninthcentury.在花园挖土时，她挖出了一批9世纪时埋下的金子。
More examples
  • They uncovered aplottodestabilizethegovernment.
  • Theinvestigationuncovered someinterestinginformationon Mr Parkinson.
  • Policeofficersuncovered anintricatewebofdeceit.
  • Whilediggingthefoundationsbuildersuncovered someimportantarchaeologicalremains.
  • It will beinterestingtoseewhat thisinvestigationuncovers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revealing secrets & becoming known
  • (the) word is/gets outidiom
  • anti-secrecy
  • backchannel
  • bare
  • blowsomeone'scoveridiom
  • blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
  • break
  • declassify
  • hold
  • huddle
  • Queen's evidence
  • rat
  • rat onsomeone/something
  • reintroduce
  • revealingly
  • revelatory
  • state's evidence
  • tip
  • transpire
  • unload
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Archaeology
Digging
Finding and discovering
(Definition ofuncoverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

uncover| American Dictionary

uncover
verb[T]
us
/ʌnˈkʌv·ər/
toremovewhat iscoveringsomething, or todiscoverwhat washidden:
uncover thepot
It’s the press’sresponsibilityto uncover thetruth.
(Definition ofuncoverfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuncover

uncover
She uncovers the world of competitive politics which so fractured the gentry community.
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We have argued that our thesis does not generate the unpalatable result that all (even ordinary) assertions ought to be uncovered.
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The abstract patterns uncovered by a 'cliché learner' could very well capture the implicit knowledge of how to combine the strategies employed by these meta-heuristics.
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In particular, he described some underlying principles uncovered in these networks, such as robustness, precision and noise-resistance.
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Additionally, if the radio broadcast were uncovered, that would suggest that normative coverage can be difficult to determine in a rather surprising way.
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Therefore, uncovering the existence of a mutually acceptable bargaining space becomes challenging.
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More specifically, we have shown that on the two most promising characterizations, there are substantially (but not dominantly) situationaltering utterances that ought to be uncovered.
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Perhaps the results he uncovers here are not evidence of cross-linguistic systematicity in register variation, but of the consistency of his own imagination.
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King's method then applies a statistical model to the information uncovered in this procedure.
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The actors improvised the scenes until the moment where the husband returns at night, after the wife has uncovered the mystery of the letters.
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The market-driven nature of news leaves some stories uncovered, many people uninformed, and most journalists a bit frustrated and unsatisfied.
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In such a case, however, the result that the utterance in question should be uncovered (because it is significantly obligation-enacting) is no longer obviously wrong.
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At least some substantially situationaltering utterances that are not also dominantly situation-altering (in this second sense) ought to be uncovered.
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To see why, recall that only the survey data uncovered a libertarian-traditional dimension.
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Many regard his unique approach to uncovering the meaning of religion as unconventional and unsystematic.
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