1·To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, we must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
由于大油井的枯竭，要想从北海有利地获取石油和天然气，我们必须集中精力于小储量油井的开采。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Oil exploitation takes a long time.
石油开采需要很长时间。
3·Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate.
它们对资源的大量开采可能耗尽或不可逆转地破坏森林、土壤、水、空气和气候。
4·Recently, oil has been discovered in the sea South of Cyprus (between Cyprus and Egypt) and talks are under way with Egypt to reach an agreement as to the exploitation of these resources.
最近，在塞浦路斯南岸(塞浦路斯和埃及之间)发现了石油，并同埃及谈判达成一致协议开采这些资源。
5·In some regions, such as Africa, the exploitation—the extraction of natural resources and the rape of the environment, all in return for a pittance—was obvious.
在非洲的一些地区，开采自然资源、破坏自然环境仅给当地带来了微薄的回报，这就是赤裸裸的剥削。