"exhume" in Chinese (Simplified)
掘出起尸
Definition
通常因官方或法律原因从墓中掘出尸体。也可指重新发现被遗忘的事物。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Exhume”属正式用语,多用于法律、医学等场合。也可比喻揭露被遗忘的事情。不要与通俗的“dig up”(挖掘)混淆。
Examples
The police decided to exhume the body for further investigation.
警方决定为进一步调查而**掘出**尸体。
They had to exhume the remains after new evidence was found.
发现新证据后,他们不得不**掘出**遗骸。
The team was granted permission to exhume the ancient graves.
团队获准**掘出**古墓。
Journalists tried to exhume the secrets of the politician’s past.
记者试图**揭露**那位政客过去的秘密。
It’s not easy to exhume memories that have been buried for years.
要**重新唤起**埋藏多年的记忆并不容易。
Legal teams sometimes must exhume old cases that everyone else has forgotten.
法律团队有时需要**重新调查**大家都已遗忘的旧案。