unravel

C2 大学 FREQ #17675 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 阐明, 解决, 解开 vi. 散开

发音

UK /(ˌ)ʌnˈɹævl̩/
其它
US /ˌʌnˈɹævəl/

词形变化

unraveled unraveledst unraveleth unraveling unravelled unravelledst unravelleth unravelling unravels 三单 unravels unraveling 现在分词 unravelling 现在分词 unraveled 过去式 unraveled 过去分词 unravelled 过去式 unravelled 过去分词 unravellest unravelest unravelledst 过去式 unraveledst 过去式 unravelleth 三单 unraveleth 三单 unravelled 复数 unraveled 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

解开；阐明；解决；拆散

动词

解决；散开

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to disentangle, to untangle.

    及物

    Mother couldn’t unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.

  2. 2.

    To separate the threads of (something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric).

    解开

    绎

    及物

    Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You’ll unravel it.

  3. 3.

    To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.

    比喻 及物

    to unravel the broad consensus which was created

    to unravel the compromise achieved in the treaty

  4. 4.

    To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.

    解开

    比喻 及物

    to unravel the confusion to unravel a plot

  5. 5.

    To reverse or undo (something); to annul, to negate.

    比喻 废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To become no longer ravelled or tangled.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.

    不及物
  8. 8.

    Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.

    比喻 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

run untangle ravel ravel out unknot unpick unscramble

反义词 1

ravel

上位词 5

undo disintegrate straighten out disentangle unsnarl

近义相关 2

run ladder

词源

PIE word *h₂énti From un- (suffix denoting the inverse of the specified action) + ravel. cognates * Dutch ontrafelen (“to unravel”)

来源：wiktionary