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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？