托福词汇：unravel

unravel [,ʌn'rævəl] US UK

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v. 弄清楚（秘密）

v. 拆开,解开,松开

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verb

【释义】

[T] to understand or explain something that is mysterious or complicated

理解; 解释，阐明:

【例句】

Detectives are still trying to unravel the mystery surrounding his death.

侦探们仍在试图解开他的死亡之谜。

【释义】

[I,T] if you unravel threads, string etc, or if they unravel, they stop being twisted together

（使）解开，（使）松开

【释义】

[I] if a system, plan, organization etc unravels, it starts to fail

〔系统、计划、组织等〕瓦解，崩溃:

【例句】

The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested.

两位董事被捕以后，公司开始分崩离析。