unravel
英 美[?n'r?vl]
- vt. 解開；闡明；解決；拆散
- vi. 解決；散開
TEM8IELTSGRETOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?unravels;過去式:?unravelled;過去分詞:?unravelled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?unravelling;
中文詞源
unravel 解開，松開
un-, 使相反，ravel, 糾纏。
英文詞源
- unravel (v.)
- c. 1600 (transitive), from un- (2) + ravel (v.). Intransitive from 1640s. "The prefix is either reversive or intensive, according as ravel is taken to mean 'tangle' or 'untangle'" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Unravelled; unravelling; unravellment.
雙語例句
- 1. His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal.
- 他的政府由于一起金融丑聞而開始瓦解。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A young mother has flown to Iceland to unravel the mystery of her husband's disappearance.
- 一位年輕的母親飛抵冰島，要揭開她丈夫失蹤之謎。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.
- 他的手很靈巧，其他人甚至都不敢嘗試的一些難解的繩結(jié)或纏在一起的紗線，他都能解開。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The stairway carpet is so frayed it threatens to unravel.
- 鋪在樓梯上的地毯磨損得很厲害，都快散了。
來自辭典例句
- 5. So many things to unravel -- to decide.
- 有那么多的事情要處理 ---- 要作出決定.
來自飄（部分）