unfold

美 [ʌnˈfoʊld]英 [ʌnˈfəʊld]
  • v.(使)展开;打开;展示;透露;(使)逐渐展现

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

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verb

1

(使)展开;打开
to spread open or flat sth that has previously been folded; to become open and flat

to unfold a map

展开地图

She unfolded her arms.

她张开双臂。

2

(使)逐渐展现;展示;透露
to be gradually made known; to gradually make sth known to other people

The audience watched as the story unfolded before their eyes.

观众注视着剧情逐渐地展开。

She unfolded her tale to us.

她向我们倾吐了她的故事。

unfold

频次

  • 1
    VERB 展现;呈现;逐渐明朗
    If a situation unfolds, it develops and becomes known or understood.

    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
    V-ERG (故事)展开;讲述
    If a story unfolds or if someone unfolds it, it is told to someone else.

    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。

  • 3
    V-ERG 展开;打开;伸展
    If someone unfolds something which has been folded or if it unfolds, it is opened out and becomes flat.

    He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress...

    他迅速展开毯子,铺在床垫上。

verb

1
develop or come to a promising stage
Youth blossomed into maturity
Synonym: blossom blossom out blossom forth
2
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
open the map
spread your arms
Synonym: spread spread out open
3
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Unfold the newspaper
stretch out that piece of cloth
extend the TV antenna
Synonym: stretch stretch out extend
4
open to the view
A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings

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  1. It was luckily in good shape , says Kapsalis , " and we just have to do some minor things in order to be able to unfold it . "

    卡普萨里斯说:“很幸运,它状况良好,我们仅需做一些很小的努力就能展开它。”

  2. Thought is like a bird , and once in a cage of words it can unfold its wings , but not fly .

    思想如同小鸟儿,一旦被关进笼子里,或许能展开翅膀,但再也不能飞翔。

  3. The love story unfolds against a background of civil war .

    这爱情故事以内战为背景展开。

  4. A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes .

    一个极富人情味的戏剧性事件在我们的眼前上演了。

  5. The audience watched as the story unfolded before their eyes .

    观众注视着剧情逐渐地展开。

  6. The girls listened in fascination as the story unfolded .

    故事情节逐渐展开,小女孩都入迷地听着。

  7. She unfolded her tale to us .

    她向我们倾吐了她的故事。

  8. She unfolded her arms .

    她张开双臂。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. He unfolded the map and set it on the floor

    他打开地图,放在了地板上。

  12. The facts started to unfold before them .

    真相开始在他们面前显露出来。

  13. He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress

    他迅速展开毯子,铺在床垫上。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. As the story unfolded throughout the past week , I experienced the gamut of emotions : shock , anger , sadness , disgust , confusion .

    上周随着故事情节的展开,我的心情可以说是跌宕起伏:从震惊、气愤、悲伤到憎恶与困惑。

  17. The lotus leaves are unfolding .

    荷叶舒展着。

  18. The trees are unfolding their buds .

    树木正在抽芽。

  19. He is utterly absorbed by the film 's show unfolding .

    影片的情节慢慢展开,他完全被迷住了。

  20. 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。

  21. They have unfolded all their secrets to us .

    他们把所有的秘密披露给我们。

  22. As I opened the scroll , a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded .

    我打开卷轴时,黄河的景象展现在眼前。

  23. The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale .

    讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节,孩子们都听得入迷了。

  24. Perhaps struggle unfolds first , not at an economic or social level , but over the appropriation of air , essential to life itself .

    也许斗争不会首先在经济或社会层面展开,而是要占有对生命本身必不可少的空气。

  25. The image , which also contained novel descriptions of ants , fascinated a European audience that was more concerned with the exotic story unfolding before them than the gender of the person who painted it .

    这幅画中还包含了对蚂蚁的新颖描述,它吸引了欧洲观众,他们更关心的是展现在他们面前的奇异故事,而不是绘制者的性别。

  26. In the 1920s , Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget proposed that children 's cognitiveabilities unfold naturally , like the blooming of a flower , almost independent of what else is happening in their lives .

    20世纪20年代,瑞士心理学家让·皮亚杰提出,儿童认知能力的发展就像花朵绽放一样自然,几乎与生活中发生的其他事情无关。

  27. Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait .

    大自然似乎是对那些善于观察和等待的人敞开怀抱。

  28. This photo , with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who " ruined " it , now hangs on a wall in my bedroom .

    这张照片向我展现着独特的美丽,上面还有那个“毁了”它的女人,它现在挂在我卧室的墙上。

  29. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet , peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day 's medical drama unfolded .

    在我去医院之前的清晨散步是一段安静、平和的时间,这时我可以集中思想,也可以在一天的医院琐事开始之前保持平静。

  30. And the improbable unfolding of recent events has lead me to consider that no one thing is one thing only .

    这段时间里各种看似不可能的事情接连发生,它们让我不禁意识到:世上没有什么事情是单纯而片面的。