Unravel
[ ʌn'rævl ]
成人 Adult Edu
vt. 解开;阐明;拆散;
vi. 被解开;被拆散;
💡 词根助记
un打开，解开+ravel纠缠→解开，拆散
📝 例句
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。
Within hours things began to unravel.
在几个小时内，事情开始揭晓了。
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。
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。
unravel a tangled thread
解开纠缠的线
🌱 联想助记
【记】un-前缀“不”,ravel-纠缠
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
unravel
v
(-ll-; US -l-) [I, Tn]
1 (cause sth woven, knotted or tangled to) separate into strands （使编织、 编结或纠结之物）解开, 拆开
My knitting has unravelled. 我编织的东西散开了.
unravel a cardigan, a ball of string 把对襟毛衣、 一团细绳拆开. Cf 参看 ravel.
2 (fig 比喻) (cause sth to) becomeclear or solved （使某事物）变清楚或获解决
The mysteryunravels slowly. 那件神秘的事渐渐明朗了.
unravel a plot, puzzle, etc 揭露阴谋、 解决难题.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,ʌn'rævl]vt. 阐明, 解决, 解开vi. 散开
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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That a boy.
对了。
Why didn't you go?
为什么你不去？
The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question.
第三天，帕特里克又去了，提出了同前两天完全一样的问题。