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The character "曝" is structurally composed of the sun radical "日" attached to the component "暴", which originally conveyed the act of exposure to sunlight. As the independent use of "暴" increasingly came to denote violence and severity, the specialized character "曝" was formed to explicitly carry the meaning related to solar drying. This character's primary sense is to dry or bask in the sun, while it has also developed a secondary figurative meaning of revealing or making something public, such as information, with this latter usage often distinguished by a different pronunciation. The modification through the addition of the "日" radical to "暴" illustrates a semantic differentiation where a new character was created to maintain clarity after the original component's meaning shifted.
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他把衣服曝在阳光下。
夏天不要在太阳下曝晒太久。
这张照片曝光过度了。
记者曝光了公司的秘密。
长期曝晒会导致皮肤损伤。
如果你把食物曝在空气中，它会变质。
媒体曝光了这起丑闻后，公众开始关注。
在实验室中，样品需要避免曝露于强光下。