expository
expository 英 [ɪk'spɒzətrɪ] 美 [ɪk'spɑzətɔrɪ]
adj. 说明的；解释的；评注的（等于expositive）
- The first few minutes of a first date typically consist of expository chit-chat, meaning that that's when people fill each other in on the basics: where they're from, what they studied in school, and what they want to be when they grow up. It's background info.
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- adj. 说明的；解释的；评注的（等于expositive）
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1. Descriptive, argumentative, persuasive, compare/contrast, cause/effect, informative, expository and narrative essays are some of its kinds.
记叙文，议论文，说明文，比较/对比，因果，科普，叙事散文都是其中的一种。
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2. And happily, many historians are excellent stylists. Their precise and supple use of English makes their books models of English expository prose at its best.
而且令人高兴的是，很多历史学家也是优秀作家，他们对英语的精妙运用使他们的著作成为英语说明性散文的最好典范。
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3. The man famous for his expository obfuscation was forced to admit: I screwed up.
这个惯用复杂理论解释而闻名于世的人被迫承认：是我搞砸了。
- expository (adj.) 1620s, from Medieval Latin expositorius, from exposit-, past participle stem of Latin exponere "set forth" (see expound). Earlier in English as a noun meaning "an expository treatise, commentary" (early 15c.). Related: Expositorial.
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