unfold

英 [ʌnˈfəʊld]

美 [ʌnˈfoʊld]

v.  (使)展开; 打开; (使)逐渐展现; 展示; 透露

第三人称单数：unfolds　过去式：unfolded　现在分词：unfolding　过去分词：unfolded　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7574 / COCA.4541

牛津词典

verb

• （使）展开；打开
  to spread open or flat sth that has previously been folded; to become open and flat
  1. to unfold a map
     展开地图
  2. She unfolded her arms.
     她张开双臂。
• （使）逐渐展现；展示；透露
  to be gradually made known; to gradually make sth known to other people
  1. The audience watched as the story unfolded before their eyes.
     观众注视着剧情逐渐地展开。
  2. She unfolded her tale to us.
     她向我们倾吐了她的故事。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 展现；呈现；逐渐明朗
  If a situationunfolds, it develops and becomes known or understood.
  1. The outcome depends on conditions as well as how events unfold...
     结果取决于条件，还取决于事件的进展。
  2. The facts started to unfold before them.
     真相开始在他们面前显露出来。
• V-ERG （故事）展开；讲述
  If a storyunfoldsor if someoneunfoldsit, it is told to someone else.
  1. Don's story unfolded as the cruise got under way...
     随着航行的开始，唐的故事也随之展开。
  2. Mr Wills unfolds his story with evident enjoyment.
     威尔斯先生喜形于色地讲述自己的经历。
• V-ERG 展开；打开；伸展
  If someoneunfoldssomething which has been folded or if itunfolds, it is opened out and becomes flat.
  1. He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress...
     他迅速展开毯子，铺在床垫上。
  2. When the bird lifts off into flight, its wings unfold to an impressive six-foot span.
     这种鸟起飞时，翼展可达6英尺，很惊人。

英英释义

verb

• develop or come to a promising stage
  1. Youth blossomed into maturity
  Synonym:blossomblossom outblossom forth
• spread out or open from a closed or folded state
  1. open the map
  2. spread your arms
  Synonym:spreadspread outopen
• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  1. Unfold the newspaper
  2. stretch out that piece of cloth
  3. extend the TV antenna
  Synonym:stretchstretch outextend
• open to the view
  1. A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings

双语例句

• I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime.
  在我为这简单的故事揭开第一页的时候，我心头想到的那些情景，就为无伤大雅的消闲提供了一幅绝妙的背景。
• He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold.
  他无法瞥见自己在那段还未展开的盛大故事中所扮演的角色。
• While attending to the central task, we should unfold the work in other fields.
  我们在从事中心工作的同时，还要开展其他方面的工作。
• Don't be shy let your fantasies unfold and you will not be disappointed.
  不要羞于打开你的奇思妙想，你一定不会失望。
• Please think some more about technological determinism and historical inevitability as events unfold.
  随着事件的不断展开，请对技术决定主义和历史必然性做更多的思考。
• The facts started to unfold before them.
  真相开始在他们面前显露出来。
• The hows and whys of this growing economic interdependence will unfold in the remaining chapters.
  经济上日益增长的这种相互依赖的方式及原因，将在其余各章中展开论述。
• And we have seen this story unfold throughout this region.
  我们已经看到这个故事在这一地区开始了。
• The outcome depends on conditions as well as how events unfold
  结果取决于条件，还取决于事件的进展。
• Your strengths will unfold over time as you develop them.
  发展你的长处，慢慢地你的长处就会显露出来。