- (尤指为利益而)利用：
to exploit a business opportunity
利用商业机会
- (为发挥人或事物的效能而)利用：
We must exploit every opportunity to learn new things.
我们必须利用一切机会学习新事物。
- [贬义](出于自私自利目的而)利用(别人、形势、机会等)，利用…而自肥；用手段使(别人)为自己服务：
to exploit the enemy's unpreparedness
乘敌不备
- 开发，开拓，开采：
to exploit the natural resources of a country
开发一国的天然资源
to exploit the oil under the sea
开发海底石油
- [贬义] 剥削：
exployers who exploit their workers
剥削其工人的雇主
to exploit women by making them work for less pay
压低工资，剥削妇女
- 【广告业】做广告推销；激发对…的兴趣：
She exploited her new movie through a series of guest appearance.
她通过一系列客串表演来宣传推销她的新影片。
to exploit a product
推销产品