unearth /ʌnˈɜːθ/ star1 TEM4 (unearthing,unearthed,unearths)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If someone unearths facts or evidence, they discover them with difficulty. (经努力) 发现

  例：

  Researchers have unearthed documents from the 1600s.

  研究人员已发现了17世纪的文件。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If someone unearths something that is buried, they find it by digging in the ground. 挖掘出土

  例：

  Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old.

  化石寻找者们挖掘出了一头被认为有50万年之久的大象遗骨。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you say that someone has unearthed something, you mean that they have found it after it had been hidden or lost for some time. 找出

  例：

  From somewhere, he had unearthed a black silk suit.

  他已从某处找出了一套黑色丝绸套装。