unlocked
past simple and past participle ofunlock
| 单词 | unlocked |
| 释义 | unlocked past simple and past participle ofunlock unlock verb[T] uk/ʌnˈlɒk/us/ʌnˈlɑːk/B2 toopensomething,especiallyadoorthat islocked(=fastenedwith alock)using akeyor anelectronicdevice: IthinkIleftthegaragedoorunlocked. toenterapasswordornumberinorderto beableto use amobilephone: You need toknowthesecretPINto unlockyourmobilephoneuponpowerup. to make amobilephoneableto be used on anymobilephonenetwork: Onceyourphoneis unlocked, you canbuyandchangeSIMcardsas youtravel. todiscoverimportantnewfactsabout something and make themknowntopeople: Achemicalhas beendiscoveredthat may be thekeyto unlockingthemysteriesof Parkinson'sdisease. Exploring theseasteroidsmayhelpunlockthesecretsof the earlysolarsystem. He waspartof ateamthat unlocked thehumangeneticblueprint. to make itpossiblefor something to be used well, whenpreviouslyit may not have been used enough: We must unlockthepotentialof allourpeople, not just some ofourpeople. The company'smissionis to unlockthevalueofimagesandvideosproducedeverydayacrossthewebandsocialmedia. to getextrafeaturesin acomputergame, forexamplebysuccessfullycompletingachallenge: You need tofindspecificartefactsto unlockalmostall of the game'sfunctions. Sometimeslivinghere is likeplayinganadventuregame- everyproblemsolvedunlocks two newquests. unlock the imagination to make theimaginationmoreactive,producinginterestingideasandimages: One of poetry'sfunctionsis to unlock theimagination.
Unfastening and opening
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Communications - by telephone Using and misusing Communications - general words Finding and discovering Available and accessible Affecting and influencing Examplesofunlockedunlocked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. By clause 6, a waiting process can synchronize with the relevant monitor and is granted access provided the corresponding semaphore isunlocked. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, suppose you try to rush through a door that has always beenunlockedonly to find it is locked. From theCambridge English Corpus The possession of keysunlockedsecrets and it was also a mark of status, a function of responsible office and seniority. From theCambridge English Corpus In this connection, uncertainty in interest rates is seen as a positive source of value to beunlocked. From theCambridge English Corpus Figure 4 shows the experimental schematic and results for theunlockedcase. From theCambridge English Corpus Their leisure time was unsupervised, their cells wereunlockedand had no iron bars. From theCambridge English Corpus The difference between theunlockedbehaviours is less marked. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the energy concealed in nature isunlocked, transformed, stored up, distributed and switched about. From theCambridge English Corpus Locked andunlockedpositions of the fourth joint. From theCambridge English Corpus The door(s) to the office were leftunlockedby the cleaning service. From theCambridge English Corpus The door to the office was leftunlockedby the cleaning service. From theCambridge English Corpus On several occasions, male clients attempted to enter the room through theunlockeddoor. From theCambridge English Corpus The command of drawing not buildingunlockedthe status of the architect. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps we haveunlockedthe key to the kind of consensus bioethicists seek. From theCambridge English Corpus Since then chemists and geologists have provided interpretations based on experimentation, field surveys, and laboratory analyses andunlockedmany of the mysteries of this very unusual material. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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