secret什么意思（实用短语lay sth. Bare用法解析）

lay sth. bare

英文释义是to show sth that was covered or to make sth known that was secret，意思是“暴露，揭露”。让某物处于一种无遮盖的状态，使某事物暴露; 暴露（秘密），曝光

When the tide goes out, vast stretches of sand are laid bare.

潮水退去，露出大片的沙地。

When the river is low, vaststretches of sand are laid bare.

河水水位低的时候，就会露出大片的沙地来。

“暴露，揭露，敞开” 常用的动词是expose，比如：

He threatened to expose the racism that existed within the police force. 他扬言要把警察内部存在的种族歧视公之于众。（常见）

He threatened to lay bare the racism that existed within the police force. 他扬言要把警察内部存在的种族歧视公之于众。(高级)

Every aspect of the stars' private lives has been laid bare.

明星们私生活的方方面面都暴露了出来。

In his book, he lay bare the foulness of man.

在他的著作中, 他揭露人类的卑鄙.。

Edward Snowden's encouragement of laying bare US government's criminality to violate people's privacy won support from the entire world.

斯诺登揭露美国政府侵犯个人隐私的犯罪行为（棱镜计划）赢得了全世界的支持。

In the process of writing this novel, the writer also laid bare his soul on the paper.

在写这部小说的过程中，作家同时也暴露出了自己的真性情。

No, it would lay bare the criminality of the Federal Reserve.

不，它暴露了美国联邦储备委员会的犯罪行为。

"Cultural Revolution" laid bare the evil side of the human nature. 文化大革命暴露的人性恶的一面。

Their slanders only serve to lay bare their own true features.

他们的诽谤只能充分暴露他们自己的真面目.

Once we lay things bare, all problems can be readily solved.

只要把情况敞开，一切问题都迎刃而解了。

lay bare a plot /a secret 揭露阴谋/秘密。

In particular, it has laid bare an undeniable fact: Surrogate births have become a popular option for Chinese people with the will and the means to travel abroad to find birth mothers outside the country.
尤其是，丑闻暴露了一个不可否认的事实：代孕已经成为有意愿、有能力去国外寻找代孕妈妈的中国人的流行选择。

Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare. 《Rolling in the Deep》

继续出卖我我就揭露你所有见不得人的秘密。

School is a common landing pad worldwide during times of economic uncertainty, but in China, the push to expand enrollment lays bare a long-running problem.

在经济不稳定时期，学校是世界各地人们普遍选择的着陆点，但在中国，推动扩招暴露了一个长期存在的问题。

Sometimes, laying bare shortcomings is more important than hiding them because only in this way can you have a chance to correct them. 有时候暴露问题比掩盖问题更重要，因为只有这样你才能改正他们。