unravel

vt. 解开；阐明；解决；拆散

vi. 解决；散开

vt.

解开；阐明；拆散；

vi.

被解开；被拆散；

变形

过去式：unravelled过去分词：unravelled现在分词：unravelling第三人称单数：unravels

英英释义

unravel[ ,ʌn'rævəl ]

v.

become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

"unravel the thread"

同义词：unknotunscrambleuntangleunpick

disentangle

"can you unravel the mystery?"

同义词：ravelravel out

become undone

"the sweater unraveled"

同义词：run

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

My knitting has unravelled.
我编织的东西散开了。

The baby unraveled its mother's knitting.
那婴儿将母亲的编织物拆散了。

One wrong move and the reef could unravel in a day.
一个措施不对，这块珊瑚礁就可能在一天之内分崩离析。

There is still a good deal to unravel.
还有不少问题要澄清。

The discovery will help scientists unravel the mystery of the Ice Age.
这一发现将有助于科学家揭开冰川时代的奥秘。

Police are trying to unravel the reason of their sudden disappearance.
警察正在试图解释他们突然消失的原因。

The unity agreement began to unravel.
使得这份联合声明开始出现破裂。

Rob want to know when communism began to unravel in Eastern Europe.
罗伯想要知道共产主义制度何时开始在东欧解体的。

权威例句

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.

1. This is the attitude that led to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.

正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Within hours things began to unravel.

在几个小时内，事情开始揭晓了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. unravel a tangled thread

解开纠缠的线

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. Page after page is strewn with notes that the ear cannot possibly unravel.

一页接一页的乐谱中都散布着用耳朵分不清的音符。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. There is still a good deal to unravel.

还有不少问题要澄清。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. Epidemiologic studies continue to unravel the complexities of the biologic setting for malignent disease of the breast.

流行病学研究将继续阐明乳腺恶性肿瘤复杂的生物学决定因素。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. What moves him is the desire to unravel the mysteries of nature.

推动他们的还是解开自然之迷的愿望。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. If the suspect is guilty the pressure can often lead to further inaccuracies, until his secret life begins to unravel.

如果嫌疑对象真的有罪，这种压力往往会促使他讲出更多的不准确的情况，直到终于使他的秘密生活开始暴露。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. It had been used for practical ends, to identify elements and to unravel radioactive decay chains.

已将其用于实践的目的，去鉴别元素和阐明放射性衰变系。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. Everyone knew it would take an hour or more to unravel the aerial traffic jam.

大家知道得花上一个小时或更多的时间才能解除这空中的交通堵塞现象。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句