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 unravel [,ʌn'rævl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 阐明, 解决, 解开

vi. 散开




    unravel
    unravelled, unravelling


    Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
    1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of;
    as, to unravel a stocking.

    2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to
    unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.

    3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw
    into disorder; to confuse. ``Art shall be conjured for it,
    and nature all unraveled.'' --Dryden.


    Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i.
    To become unraveled, in any sense.

    1. 'We all worked for big groups in the 1980s and watched them unravel,' says Adam Levene, director.
    2. When Smith saves a little old lady from a mugging and gets beaten up, his twin living arrangements unravel.
    3. "If this thing keeps up, it could unravel the whole picture," one official said.
    4. Later, when his government began to unravel because of a banking scandal, he said it was all a "plot" concocted by the Central Intelligence Agency to destabilize him.
    5. A wide variety of goods with an estimated value of #50 million ($85.8 million) is caught in the tangle, which around 60 auditors have begun to unravel.
    6. He said that "the market is still ripe for picking." In London, equity prices finished significantly weaker, though above the day's worst levels, as the year-end rally continued to unravel.
    7. He will be missed, too." While police unravel the mystery, Hutchins' family can at least relish the outpouring of friendship from their community.
    8. A few well-aimed terrorist acts, inside or outside Israel, could unravel a year's worth of peripatetic U.S. diplomacy.
    9. If the world economy starts to unravel, however, some analysts say it may not be wise to put much faith in the creditworthiness of the U.S. government.
    10. But these negotiations are an opportunity, as much as an obstacle. Chances to re-open the draft final document itself must be limited, if it is not to unravel entirely.
    11. It's a movie that uses the backdrop of a swingers' club to unravel a tale of murder and drug dealing.
    12. Industry analysts predict some of the 86 rescue deals in 1988 covering 205 institutions could unravel as a result of the ruling, forcing either a second bailout or a payoff of depositors.
    13. Critics of independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh say the rationale for the charges is unfounded, and they challenge the use of the tax laws as the basis for trying to unravel and prosecute a scandal involving foreign aid and arms sales.
    14. Senator Bill Bradley believes that any attempt to reduce capital-gains taxes could "unravel" the coalition that passed tax reform, and lead a revenue-hungry Congress to consider a third, higher income-tax bracket.
    15. But it began to unravel over their insistence that a court-appointed outsider run the airline regardless of whether Ueberroth's bid succeeded.
    16. However, the action is gripping enough, and the pieces of the puzzle unravel in a satisfyingly suspenseful fashion.
    17. NatWest Securities remains positive on the stock and recommended that investors add to current holdings as 'these results should underline how management is continuing to unravel the cost base'.
    18. On top of that comes the need to unravel a plethora of interest rate and currency swaps.
    19. So it is yet more work to unravel what they did last quarter before they can get started on the new one. All this is unnecessary.
    20. We're looking at weeks, hopefully, to get this job done." Instead, Interco's finances quickly started to unravel. The Ethan Allen division wasn't the only division sold for far less than Wasserstein Perella predicted.
    21. It confirmed the aircraft flew on Monday from Hatfield, an airport owned by the company. British police have been working with French police through Interpol in the attempt to unravel the full story of the escape.
    22. If they were to unravel GEC could be cut off from its paths to international growth. The roots of the drama lay in 1986 when GEC made its initial bid for its close rival, Plessey.
    23. Rajneesh's utopia began to unravel in September 1985, when the guru's personal secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, abruptly left.
    24. People should, in short, stop worrying and learn to love EMU. As a former economics editor of the Sunday Times, the author is just the person to unravel the complexities and calm the contention surrounding Emu. On the whole, he succeeds.
    25. In the 1960s and early 1970s, the National Archives was seen as a gold mine of clues for authors and self-styled sleuths who were convinced they could unravel the mysteries of the Kennedy assassination and prove that Oswald was part of a conspiracy.
    26. Thus there is a risk that all the points of tentative agreement could unravel unless the loose ends are tied up this year.
    27. The merger "won't unravel," however, the spokesman said, noting that Delta already has completed the acquisition.
    28. In fairness to them, they acknowledged there are legal complications to unravel before the retailers are ready to operate without constraints.
    29. Nighttime soaps do badly in daily reruns because plot lines take weeks to unravel.
    30. His Yugo business, although initially successful, began to unravel as the Yugoslavian import gained a reputation for consumer complaints.
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