exploit

• vt.開発する；切り開く；利用する；採掘する
• 功績

ex-、外へ。-すなわち、展開、結果、メリット。この言葉は19世紀初頭にフランスの理想主義的社会主義者、特にサン＝シモンが搾取、抑圧という意味で使ったことから広まった。

exploit

exploit: [14] Latin explicāre (source of English explicate and explicit) meant ‘unfold’. A Vulgar Latin descendant of its past participle was *explictum ‘something unfolded’, which passed into Old French as exploit or esplait. In the process, the original sense of ‘unfolding’ had developed through ‘bringing out, development’ and ‘advantage, success’ to ‘achievement’.

In the case of the English noun, it is the latter meaning which has survived, and in fact originally the verb too denoted ‘achieve, accomplish’. This seems to have died out in the 18th century, however, and when the verb reappears in the 19th century it is closer to the earlier ‘develop’ in meaning, particularly as applied to ‘getting the most out of’ natural resources. The modern derogatory sense ‘use for one’s own selfish ends’ emerged from this.
=> explicit, fold, ply

exploit (n.)

late 14c., "outcome of an action," from Old French esploit "a carrying out; achievement, result; gain, advantage" (12c., Modern French exploit), a very common word, used in senses of "action, deed, profit, achievement," from Latin explicitum "a thing settled, ended, or displayed," noun use of neuter of explicitus, past participle of explicare "unfold, unroll, disentangle" (see explicit).

Meaning "feat, achievement" is c. 1400. Sense evolution is from "unfolding" to "bringing out" to "having advantage" to "achievement." Related: Exploits.

exploit (v.)

c. 1400, espleiten, esploiten "to accomplish, achieve, fulfill," from Old French esploitier, espleiter "carry out, perform, accomplish," from esploit (see exploit (n.)). The sense of "use selfishly" first recorded 1838, from a sense development in French perhaps from use of the word with reference to mines, etc. (compare exploitation). Related: Exploited; exploiting.

1. I even began to exploit him in subtle ways.

私は彼を巧みに利用し始めた。

2.What the media should not do is to exploit people 's natural fears.

メディアは人間の生まれつきの恐怖心を利用すべきではない。

3.Cary is hoping to exploit new opportunities in Europe.

カリーはヨーロッパの新しいチャンスをうまく利用したいと考えています。

4.You 'll need a good aerial to exploit the radio 's performance.

ラジオの性能を発揮するために良いアンテナを作る必要があります。

5.Many countries exploit oil under the sea.

多くの国が海底で石油を採掘している。