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come out of the closet
此用法通常指公开性取向。
She finally came out of the closet last year.
她去年终于公开了自己的性取向。
出柜；公开自己的性取向或性别认同
coming out of the closet — present participle of come out of the closet
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出柜；公开自己的性取向或性别认同
To openly reveal one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity that was previously kept secret.
She finally came out of the closet last year.
她去年终于公开了自己的性取向。
公开自己的性取向、浪漫倾向或性别认同(此前已保密)
To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.
除比喻或习语用法外:参见come, out, of, the, closet
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out, of, the, closet.
come out of the closet
Base
原形
comes out of the closet
3rd person
第三人称单数
coming out of the closet
-ing
现在分词
came out of the closet
Past
过去式
come out of the closet
Past participle
过去分词
Many people come out of the closet at their own pace.
许多人按照自己的节奏公开真相。
He came out of the closet last month.
他上个月公开了真相。
They have come out of the closet.
他们已经不再保守秘密。
短语动词；come 为不规则动词，过去式和过去分词分别为 came 和 come。
After years of hiding his true self, Mark finally came out of the closet to his family.
在隐藏了真实的自己多年后，马克终于向家人公开了自己的性取向。
She came out of the closet as a fan of heavy metal music, surprising all her friends.
她公开了自己是重金属音乐迷，让所有朋友都感到惊讶。
The politician came out of the closet about his past financial troubles.
这位政治家公开了自己过去的财务困境。
此用法通常指公开性取向。
She finally came out of the closet last year.
她去年终于公开了自己的性取向。
也可用于非性取向的秘密。
He came out of the closet about his depression.
他公开了自己患有抑郁症的事实。
Many celebrities have come out of the closet as gay.
许多名人公开了自己的同性恋身份。
She came out of the closet to her parents last week.
她上周向父母公开了自己的性取向。
Not this
He came out from the closet.
Use this
He came out of the closet.
固定搭配中应使用介词 'of' 而不是 'from'。
Not this
She came out closet last year.
Use this
She came out of the closet last year.
漏掉了介词短语 'of the'，导致短语不完整。
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固定习语，通常可后接“as + 身份/说明”来点明公开的具体内容；不要按字面直译。
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