[VERB 动词]展现;呈现;逐渐明朗 If a situation unfolds, it develops and becomes known or understood.
[V]
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。
The facts started to unfold before them.
真相开始在他们面前显露出来。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](故事)展开;讲述 If a story unfolds or if someone unfolds it, it is told to someone else.
[V]
[V n]
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。
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。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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.
[V n]
[V]
He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress...
他迅速展开毯子,铺在床垫上。
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。
Oxford
un·fold/ʌnˈfəʊld; NAmEʌnˈfoʊld/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]unfold(sth) to spread open or flat sth that has previously been folded; to become open and flat (使)展开;打开◆to unfold a map展开地图◆She unfolded her arms.她张开双臂。OPP
fold
2[intransitive , transitive ]to be gradually made known; to gradually make sth known to other people (使)逐渐展现;展示;透露◆The audience watched as the story unfoldedbefore their eyes. 观众注视着剧情逐渐地展开。unfoldsth (to sb) ◆She unfolded her tale to us.她向我们倾吐了她的故事。unfoldunfoldsunfoldedunfoldingun·fold/ʌnˈfəʊld; NAmEʌnˈfoʊld/
LDC
unfoldun‧fold /ʌnˈfəʊld $ -ˈfoʊld/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] if a story unfolds, or if someone unfolds it, it is told: As the story unfolds, we learn more about Max’s childhood.2[intransitive] if a series of events unfolds, they happen: He had watched the drama unfold from a nearby ship.3[intransitive, transitive] if you unfold something that was folded, or if it unfolds, it opens out: He unfolded the map.
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unfold
[ʌnˈfəʊld]unfolded, unfolding, unfolds
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unfolded[408] unfolding[753] unfolds[536]
展开(73%),显露(19%),开放(8%)
vi.展开;显露
vt.打开;呈现
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