untangle [,ʌn'tæŋɡl]

英汉解释

vt. 清理；整顿；解开…纠结

同义词

v. disencumber，disentangle，unknot，unpick

反义词

v.   knot，ravel，tangle

参考例句

1. Can you untangle this thread for me ? I 'm all thumbs today.
你能帮我解开这条线吗？我今天笨手笨脚的。
2. The task for ecologists is to untangle the environmental and biological factors that hold this intrinsic capacity for population growth in check over the long run.
生态学家的使命就是调查清楚环境和生态因素长期以来是如何控制这种致使种群增长的内在能力的。
3. As your columnist's children grow up, the need to untangle their tantrums, feuds and nonsense is becoming pleasingly rare. Sadly, the same can't be said for some grown ups.
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。但可悲的是，成人却不能如此。

英英解释

v.
  1. release from entanglement of difficulty
  2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

网络释义

untangle
解开; 解结;
call away untangle
排解;
disentangle disentanglement untangle
解开纠结;