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

• Some attempts to untangle the question were ingenious.
  一些解决问题的尝试可谓独辟蹊径。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Untangle knitting wool, electric flex.
  解开缠结的毛线、电线。
• It took ages to untangle her hair.
  梳理她那打结的头发花了很长时间。
• 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。