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　

高考CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRE

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

• Warfare, both conventional and unconventional, tended to unfold in campaigns of predictable and relatively short duration.
  战争，包括传统的和非传统的，趋向于沿着持续时间可以预见的和相对较短的战役模式展开。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is an important task for us to unfold criticism of revisionism on the ideological front now.
  我们现在在思想战线上的一个重要任务，就是要开展对于修正主义的批判。
• 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。
• Watching the US budget crisis unfold, I was reminded of a famous passage in The Great Gatsby.
  目睹美国正在上演的预算危机，让我想起了《了不起的盖茨比》（TheGreatGatsby）一书中的一个著名段落。
• As events unfold, people form perceptions about colleagues, the organisation, work and themselves.
  随着事件发展，人们对同事们、组织、工作和自己都会形成感知。
• 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。
• I am not a mystery to those to whom I unfold myself.
  我对有些人是畅所欲言的。对他们来说，我是一个谜。
• 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。