unravelling

英 [ʌnˈrævlɪŋ]

美 [ʌnˈrævlɪŋ]

v.  (把缠或织在一起的线)解开，拆散，松开; 解体; 崩溃; 瓦解; 阐释; 说明; 澄清; 变得清楚易懂
unravel的现在分词

复数：unravellings　

BNC.35895

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 unraveling, unraveled


• VERB 崩溃；失败
  If something such as a plan or systemunravels, it breaks up or begins to fail.
  1. His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal...
     他的政府由于一起金融丑闻而开始瓦解。
  2. When she returned to America, the marriage unravelled.
     她回到美国的时候，婚姻破裂了。
• V-ERG 解开；拆散；（使）松开
  If youunravelsomething that is knotted, woven, or knitted, or if itunravels, it becomes one straight piece again or separates into its different threads.
  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. The stairway carpet is so frayed it threatens to unravel.
     铺在楼梯上的地毯磨损得很厉害，都快散了。
• V-ERG 揭开；揭示
  If youunravela mystery or puzzle, or if itunravels, it gradually becomes clearer and you can work out the answer to it.
  1. A young mother has flown to Iceland to unravel the mystery of her husband's disappearance...
     一位年轻的母亲飞抵冰岛，要揭开她丈夫失踪之谜。
  2. Gradually, with an intelligent use of flashbacks, Yves' story unravels.
     通过巧妙运用倒叙手法，伊夫的故事慢慢呈现出来。

双语例句

• Complacency about the Great Moderation led first to a Great Unravelling and then a Great Recession.
  对大缓和的自满，首先带来了大调整，接着是大衰退。
• That, she says would bring about the "unravelling of society".
  她认为这样会带来“社会秩序的崩溃”。
• In the past, Blackstone has declined to put in more equity to rescue other deals that were unravelling.
  过去，百仕通曾拒绝注入更多股本来挽救其它面临失败的交易。
• Now the bargain is unravelling as governments once again separate narrow national from wider mutual interests.
  如今，随着各国政府再次将狭义的国家利益与更广泛的共同利益区分开来，各方正不断讨价还价。
• Meanwhile, other subplots such as a merger of the retail arm with Postbank, or a complex asset swap with Lloyds TSB appear to be unravelling.
  同时，其它次要情节，例如安联零售子公司与德国邮政银行（postbank）合并或者与英国劳埃德银行（lloydstsb）进行复杂的资产互换，似乎尚未展开。
• A week ago Mr Obama faced the spectre of his signature healthcare bill unravelling in the Supreme Court and the defeat of his big trade agenda in the Pacific and the Atlantic.
  一周之前，奥巴马还面临着其标志性的医改法案被最高法院否决，以及分别横跨太平洋和大西洋的两大贸易议程遭遇挫败的幽灵。
• Google's business in China showed signs of unravelling yesterday as search problems shook the confidence of both advertisers and users.
  谷歌（Google）在华业务昨日显示出崩溃的迹象，搜索问题动摇了广告客户和用户的信心。
• The ability and willingness of banks to compete across borders is unravelling.
  银行在国外竞争的能力与意愿正在消散。
• A renewed Russian military build-up in the east and signs that a two-month-old ceasefire may be unravelling, plus delays in forming a governing coalition since parliamentary elections on October 26, have further hit investor confidence.
  俄军事力量重新在东乌克兰集结，有迹象显示已持续两个月的停火可能会夭折，再加上10月26日议会选举后联合政府的组建一拖再拖，投资者的信心进一步受到打击。
• This week, however, stock and bond prices are falling, and the political unity-but-one quietly unravelling.
  然而好景不长，本周股市和债市纷纷下挫，而这种除英国以外的政治团结也悄然解体。