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out someone
直接加宾语，表示公开某人的秘密身份。
The tabloid outed the politician.
那家小报曝光了那位政治人物。
揭露（某人的）秘密、身份或隐私
outed — past of out
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揭露（某人的）秘密、身份或隐私
to reveal a secret or private information about someone (such as their hidden job or lifestyle)
The tabloid outed the politician.
那家小报曝光了那位政治人物。
驱逐；开除
To eject; to expel.
出来；离开；公开
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
公开宣布同性恋身份
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
揭露...的秘密身份
To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
out
Base
原形
outs
3rd person
第三人称单数
outing
-ing
现在分词
outed
Past
过去式
outed
Past participle
过去分词
She outs celebrities in her blog.
她在博客中揭露名人的性取向。
He outed himself last year.
他去年公开了自己的同性恋身份。
They are outing politicians now.
他们现在正在揭露政客的性取向。
规则动词，指公开某人的同性恋身份或生活方式。
The famous actor was outed by a tabloid magazine last year.
那位著名演员去年被一家小报杂志曝光了同性恋身份。
AI contextual example
She finally decided to out herself to her conservative family.
她最终决定向保守的家人公开自己的同性恋身份。
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He is currently outing several public figures in his controversial book.
他目前正在他那本有争议的书中曝光几位公众人物的同性恋身份。
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This actor outed last year
这位演员去年出柜了
WordNet
直接加宾语，表示公开某人的秘密身份。
The tabloid outed the politician.
那家小报曝光了那位政治人物。
用 as 引出具体身份。
She outed her colleague as a former spy.
她揭露了同事曾是间谍。
被动语态，强调被揭露。
He was outed in a magazine article.
他在一篇杂志文章中被曝光。
反身代词表示主动公开自身。
The actor finally outed himself in an interview.
那位演员最终在采访中公开了自己的同性恋身份。
Not this
He outed as gay.
Use this
He came out as gay.
动词'out'是及物动词，表示揭露他人的秘密，不能用于自身。表达自身公开同性恋身份应用'come out'。
Not this
His secret outed.
Use this
His secret was outed.
动词'out'通常需要宾语或用于被动语态。主动形式'outed'需要明确主语（揭露者），这里主语是秘密，应用被动语态表示秘密被揭露。
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揭露某人是…；曝光某人的（同性恋等）身份
The gossip site outed the singer as gay.
那个八卦网站曝光了这位歌手的同性恋身份。
（隐私/身份）被曝光
Many celebrities are outed without their permission.
许多名人在未经允许的情况下被曝光隐私。
公开自己的秘密（尤指性少数身份）
He outed himself as bisexual in the podcast.
他在播客中公开自己是双性恋。
向某人公开某人的秘密（尤指性取向）
I would never out my friend to her family.
我绝不会把朋友的秘密告诉她的家人。
曝光一名卧底特工的身份
The journalist outed an undercover agent.
那名记者曝光了一名卧底特工的身份。
出乎意料地；突然
She called me out of the blue after ten years.
十年后，她突然打电话给我。
不可能；办不到
Going on vacation is out of the question until we finish the project.
在完成项目之前，去度假是不可能的。
脱离危险；摆脱困境
The patient is not out of the woods yet, but her condition has improved.
病人还没有脱离危险，但她的情况已经好转了。
熄灭，熄灭，短暂的烛光！
Shakespeare's Macbeth famously cries out, "Out, out, brief candle!" in his soliloquy about life's futility.
莎士比亚的《麦克白》中，麦克白在关于人生虚无的独白中著名地喊道：‘熄灭，熄灭，短暂的烛光！’
消失吧，该死的污点！消失吧，我说！
Lady Macbeth cries out, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" as she imagines bloodstains that will not wash away.
麦克白夫人想象着洗不掉的鲜血污迹，喊道：‘消失吧，该死的污点！消失吧，我说！’
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把秘密从柜子里拖到外面（out）晒在阳光下，就是揭露他人的隐秘身份。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻与媒体报道、LGBTQ+ 社群讨论、日常对话 作动词时，out 多用于指公开揭露某人的性少数身份（尤其同性恋身份），在新闻、社交媒体和日常对话中都比较常见；语气大致中性，但涉及隐私时需谨慎用词。正式书面语中更常用 reveal 或 expose，而 out 在口语和报道中更直接。
常指公开他人的同性恋身份，常用被动
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