unravel

英 [ʌn'rævl] 美 [ʌn'rævl]

• v. 解开；阐明；解释；破坏(计划、安排等)

英英释义

Verb:

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;

   "unravel the thread"
   

2. disentangle;

   "can you unravel the mystery?"
   

3. become undone;

   "the sweater unraveled"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. My knitting has unravelled.
   我编织的东西散开了。
2. The baby unraveled its mother's knitting.
   那婴儿将母亲的编织物拆散了。
3. 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。
4. There is still a good deal to unravel.
   还有不少问题要澄清。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The unity agreement began to unravel.
   使得这份联合声明开始出现破裂。
8. 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。

经典引文

• Too impatient to unravel the tangled knot, he had cut it.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

近反义词

【近义词】

• disentangle 解开
• solve 解决
• resolve 解决
• unknot 解开 ... 结子...
• undo 解开
• untie 解开
• loosen 松开
• clear up 打扫
• get to the bottom of 弄清 ... 的真相...
• sort out 整理
• work out 做出
• fail 失败
• go wrong 出错
• fall apart 崩溃
• collapse （使）倒塌
• crumble 崩溃
• untwist 松开搓合之线...
• unriddle 解明
• unsnarl 解开结子
• decode 解码
• explain 说明
• decipher 译解
• crack 破裂
• answer 回答
• simplify 简化
• figure out 算出
• out 出
• figure 图形
• run 跑
• ravel out 解开
• unpick 拆开
• untangle 解开纠结
• unscramble 整理
• ravel 开线

【反义词】

• ravel 开线