ex·po·si·tion /ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən/
博覽會,展覽會,說明
Ex·po·si·tion n.
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.]
4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]
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exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written)
of a specific topic [syn: expounding]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: exhibition, expo]
3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a
writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play
better if there had been some initial exposition of the
background"