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

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

柯林斯词典

• VERB 解开，解松（绳结）
  If youuntanglesomething 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
• VERB 排解，解决，处理（混乱或复杂的局面）
  f youuntanglea 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。

英英释义

verb

• become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
  1. unravel the thread
  Synonym:unravelunknotunscrambleunpick
• release from entanglement of difficulty
  1. I cannot extricate myself from this task
  Synonym:extricatedisentangledisencumber

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。