"exhume" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 掘出
• 起屍

Definition

通常因官方或法律原因從墓中掘出屍體。也可指重新發現被遺忘的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Exhume”屬正式用語，多用於法律、醫學等場合。也可比喻揭露被遺忘的事情。不要和一般的“dig up”（挖掘）混淆。

Examples

The police decided to exhume the body for further investigation.

警方決定為進一步調查**掘出**屍體。

They had to exhume the remains after new evidence was found.

發現新證據後，他們不得不**掘出**遺骸。

The team was granted permission to exhume the ancient graves.

團隊獲準**掘出**古墓。

Journalists tried to exhume the secrets of the politician’s past.

記者試圖**揭露**那位政客過去的祕密。

It’s not easy to exhume memories that have been buried for years.

要**重新喚起**埋藏多年的記憶並不容易。

Legal teams sometimes must exhume old cases that everyone else has forgotten.

法律團隊有時需要**重新調查**大家都已遺忘的舊案子。