untangle

英 [ˌʌnˈtæŋɡl] 美 [ˌʌnˈtæŋɡl]

v.  解开,松开(结子等); 整理; 理清

现在分词:untangling第三人称单数:untangles过去式:untangled过去分词:untangled

BNC.32632 / COCA.18840



牛津词典

verb

  1. 解开,松开(结子等)
    to undo string, hair, wire, etc. that has become twisted or has knots in it
    1. 整理;理清
      to make sth that is complicated or confusing easier to deal with or understand

      柯林斯词典

      1. VERB 解开,解松(绳结)
        If you untangle something that is knotted or has become twisted around something, you undo the knots in it or free it.
        1. He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film.
          他被撞见拼命想要解开几盘缠在一起的胶卷。
        2. ...a light, non-sticky mousse which untangles hair and adds brilliant shine.
          一种能理顺头发、增加其光泽的轻柔、无黏性的摩丝
      2. VERB 排解,解决,处理(混乱或复杂的局面)
        f you untangle a confused or complicated situation, you make the different things involved clear, or put the situation right.
        1. Lawyers and accountants began trying to untangle the complex affairs of the bank...
          律师和会计师开始着手梳理这家银行复杂的事务。
        2. The problem took three hours to untangle.
          这个问题花了3个小时才解决。

      双语例句

      1. He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt
        他的手很灵巧,其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线,他都能解开。
      2. He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film.
        他被撞见拼命想要解开几盘缠在一起的胶卷。
      3. Lawyers and accountants began trying to untangle the complex affairs of the bank
        律师和会计师开始着手梳理这家银行复杂的事务。
      4. The problem took three hours to untangle.
        这个问题花了3个小时才解决。
      5. He's forced to untangle a complex web of financial dealings
        他被迫去理清一堆错综复杂的金融交易。
      6. You have to untangle shared departments, he says, such as environmental safety and finance.
        他表示,首先需要理清各共享部门之间错综复杂的关系,比如环境安全部门和财务部。
      7. And, if you do need to do an urgent system recovery, you don't want to lose precious time finding large enough disks to restore to and then have to untangle data file systems from your mksysb backup.
        而且,如果您的确需要进行紧急系统恢复,也不想将宝贵的时间都浪费在寻找系统恢复所需的足够磁盘空间以及再在mksysb备份中清理数据文件系统的过程。
      8. Discussing your feelings with a professional can help you untangle these emotions.
        与专业人士探讨你的感受可以帮助你理清这些思绪。
      9. For the lost: this is the world, this is the European continent and this is the place we have to untangle.
        给那些不认地图的:这是世界,这是欧洲,这里就是让我们纠结的地方。
      10. Use a wide-toothed comb rather than a brush to untangle hair.
        使用宽齿的梳子梳头,而不是刷子。
      11. Can you untangle this thread for me? I'm all thumbs today.
        你能帮我解开这条线吗?我今天笨手笨脚的。
      12. You must untangle yourself, still all other voices, and go to the deepest place within to know what's important and urgent in your unique and singular life.
        你必须解脱出来,让一切别的声音安静,去到内心最深处发现什么是在你独特、唯一的生命中即重要又紧急。
      13. The childe love sleeping out in tents when we go camping. The auditors will untangle all those records.
        野营时,孩子们喜欢露宿帐篷之中。查帐员会把所有这些条子进行清理。
      14. I spent ages trying to untangle the knots in rosie's hair.
        我花了很长时间试图解开罗绮头发上的发结。
      15. Untangle knitting wool, electric flex.
        解开缠结的毛线、电线。
      16. It seems important to try to untangle them, in my own mind at least.
        至少在我自己心里设法把它们理清楚似乎很重要。
      17. If I untangle you, will you please get rid of the corn rose?
        如果我解开你,你会解开这个稻穗头?
      18. Officials are trying to untangle the stalled peace talks.
        官员们正试图理顺被中断的和平谈判。
      19. The impacts of that tug-of-war on the climate system could be devilishly difficult to untangle.
        气候系统的这种拉锯战的冲击影响可能是极难理清解决的。
      20. It took ages to untangle her hair.
        梳理她那打结的头发花了很长时间。
      21. Whether you have to untangle any misunderstanding with a friend or sell an important point to a VIP, all the right words will come to you now.
        无论是你要解开与朋友的任何误解还是向一个重要人物出售要点,所有正确的言辞将到你这里来。
      22. The new findings promise to help untangle the early molecular events of a syndrome at the root of one of the world's most significant health issues.
        该新发现有希望帮助从根本上解开作为世界上最重要健康问题之一的代谢综合症的早期分子事件。
      23. The auditors will untangle all those records. Establishment of clear audit trails for e-banking transactions.
        查帐员会把所有这些条子进行清理。为电子银行交易建立清晰的核查记录。
      24. Finally, I managed to untangle the microphone from my neck, and I cruised offstage and back into civilian life.
        最后,我设法解开纠结在我脖子上的绳子,走下舞台,恢复了平静。
      25. Some attempts to untangle the question were ingenious.
        一些解决问题的尝试可谓独辟蹊径。
      26. As your columnist's children grow up, the need to untangle their tantrums, feuds and nonsense is becoming pleasingly rare.
        令人欣慰的是,当你专栏作家的孩子长大了,要解开他们的怨怒、积怨和冒失的需要,变得微乎其微。
      27. Even after isolating a problem down to a few crucial lines of code, it can be difficult to untangle the interleaved events required to make a race condition or deadlock occur.
        甚至在确定了会产生问题的几行关键代码后,依旧难以解耦那些会导致竞态条件或者死锁的交叉存取事件。
      28. Such reform would untangle the web that led to government intervention and the creation of the untenable paradigm of "too interconnected to fail".
        这些改革将清理这样的一个网络该网络导致了政府干预,也造就了站不住脚的“相互关系过于紧密,以至于不能破产”模式。
      29. Brian is someone who is willing and able to untangle a lot of knots and he inherited plenty of them.
        布赖恩是一个愿意、也有能力解开大量难题的人,他也确实接手了很多问题。
      30. It would probably take years of psychoanalysis to untangle that contradiction, not to mention others too sensitive to name here.
        可能要通过许多年的心理分析才能解开这个迷,更不要说那些因为太敏感而不便在此提及的事。

      英英释义

      verb

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

        Synonym:    unravelunknotunscrambleunpick

      2. release from entanglement of difficulty
        1. I cannot extricate myself from this task

        Synonym:    extricatedisentangledisencumber