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expository

/ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ɪkˈspɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ɪkˈspɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) //

说明性的,阐述性,阐述性的,说明性

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of exposition; exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain: an expository essay; expository writing.

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Examples

  • Pollan is an astonishingly good writer, at times intimate and vulnerable, at times curious and expository, always compelling and credible.

  • Shelving the expository track taken by many popular food movies and TV shows, which aim to inform viewers as much as possible, The Truffle Hunters unfolds as a series of oft-wordless vignettes.

  • Each novella in this book unfolds slowly, ambling through expository digressions with confidence.

  • This is beautiful expository writing, a combination of detailed, spellbinding narrative, and zinging judgment.

  • Sir George Grey made a sensible speech, expository of the true condition of Canadian affairs.

  • Next, and (as far as date of collection goes) far less ancient, are the expository texts called the Brahmanas.

  • In general, the aim of all remarks on Hume's writings in the present work is expository, not controversial.

  • Commonness vanished before Ewart, at his expository touch all things became memorable and rare.

  • The result is what may be called a descriptive, narrative, expository, or argumentative style.