• vt. 解開；闡明；解決；拆散
• vi. 解決；散開

un-, 使相反，ravel, 糾纏。

unravel (v.)

c. 1600 (transitive), from un- (2) + ravel (v.). Intransitive from 1640s. "The prefix is either reversive or intensive, according as ravel is taken to mean 'tangle' or 'untangle'" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Unravelled; unravelling; unravellment.

1. His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal.

他的政府由于一起金融丑聞而開始瓦解。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A young mother has flown to Iceland to unravel the mystery of her husband's disappearance.

一位年輕的母親飛抵冰島，要揭開她丈夫失蹤之謎。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.

他的手很靈巧，其他人甚至都不敢嘗試的一些難解的繩結(jié)或纏在一起的紗線，他都能解開。

來自辭典例句

4. The stairway carpet is so frayed it threatens to unravel.

鋪在樓梯上的地毯磨損得很厲害，都快散了。

來自辭典例句

5. So many things to unravel -- to decide.

有那么多的事情要處理 ---- 要作出決定.

來自飄（部分）