exposure N. /曝光，揭露;暴露(于疾病、恶劣的环境等)的状态/risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements;
unmasking; act of laying something open. Exposure to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face. She looked so changed that she no longer feared exposure as the notorious Irene Adler, onetime antagonist of Sherlock Holmes.
expropriate V. /没收，剥夺，征用/take possession of. He questioned the government's right to expropriate his land to
create a wildlife preserve.
expunge V. /取消，去除，排除/cancel; remove. If you behave, I will expunge this notation from your record.
expurgate V. /清除，净化/clean; remove offensive parts of a book. The editors felt that certain passages in the book
had to be expurgated before it could be used in the classroom.
extant ADJ. /现存的/still in existence. Although the book is out of print, some copies are still extant. Unfortunately, all of
them are in libraries or private collections; none are for sale.
extent N. /范围;程度/degree; magnitude; scope. What is the extent of the patient's injuries? If they are not too
extensive, we can treat him on an outpatient basis.
extenuate V. /弱化;减轻/weaken; mitigate. It is easier for us to extenuate our own shortcomings than those of others. extol V. /赞美/praise; glorify. The president extolled the astronauts, calling them the pioneers of the Space Age. extort V. /敲诈，勒索/wring from; get money by threats, etc. The blackmailer extorted money from his victim.
extradition N. /引渡/surrender of prisoner by one state to another. The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client
on th e grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.
extraneous ADJ. /肤浅的，不重要的/not essential; superfluous. No wonder Ted can't think straight! His mind is so
cluttered up with extraneous trivia, he can't concentrate on the essentials.
extrapolation N. /推测，推断/projection; conjecture. Based on their extrapolation from the results of the primaries on
Super Tuesday, the networks predicted that Bob Dole would be the Republican candidate for the presidency. extrapolate, V.
extricate V. /解脱，放出，释放/free; disentangle. Icebreakers were needed to extricate the trapped whales from the icy
floes that closed them in.
extrinsic ADJ. /外围的，不重要的;外来的/external; not essential; extraneous. A critically acclaimed extrinsic feature of the
Chrysler Building is its ornate spire. The judge would not admit the testimony, ruling that it was extrinsic to the matter at hand.
extrovert N. /性格外向的人/person interested mostly in external objects and actions. A good salesman is usually an
extrovert, who likes to mingle with people.
extrude V. /挤压，逼/force or push out. Much pressure is required to extrude these plastics.
exuberance N. /富得流油的;精力充沛;浪费，过度/overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness.
I was bowled over by the exuberance of Amy's welcome. What an e nthusiastic greeting!
exude V. /卸下，流出/discharge; give forth. We get maple syrup from the sap that exudes from the trees in early spring.
exudation, N.
exult V. /高兴，兴高采烈/rejoice. We exulted when our team won the victory. fabricate V. /制造;编造(谎言)/build; lie. If we fabricate the buildings in this project out of standardized sections, we can
reduce construction costs considerably. Because of Jack's tendency to fabricate, Jill had trouble believing a word he said.
facade N. /正面的;表面的，肤浅的/front (of building); superficial or false appearance. The ornate facade of the church
was often photographed by tourists, who never bothered to walk around the building to view its other sides. Susan seemed super-confident, but that was just a facade she put on to hide her insecurity.
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