unpick
verb[T]
uk/ʌnˈpɪk/us/ʌnˈpɪk/unpickverb[T](SEWING)
tocutorremovethestitchesfrom alineofsewing
拆去(缝线)Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- appliquéd
- Aran
- Bargello
- baste
- haberdashery
- handknit
- handknitted
- hank
- hem
- quilting
- reknit
- resew
- rib
- runsomethingup
- running stitch
- sampler
- seam
- sew
- stitch
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Unfastening and opening
unpickverb[T](IDEAS)
If you unpick adifficultsubject, youseparateandexamineitsdifferentpartscarefully:
深入剖析难题Heexpertlyunpicks thesignificantfeaturesof eachpainting.他专业地深入剖析每一幅画的重要特征。
If Itryto unpick my ownmotivation, IthinkmostlyI wasjealous.如果要我深入剖析我自己的动机,我想在极大程度上是嫉妒。
Analysing and evaluating
- adjudication
- analysable
- analyse
- analyser
- enquiry
- gauge
- go over
- go through
- have the measure ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- inspect
- inspection
- probe
- reinterpret
- reinterpretation
- reinvestigate
- reinvestigation
- research
- scratch
- the acid test
- vet
unpickverb[T](DESTROY)
tograduallydestroyorremovethe goodeffectsof what someone has done orcreated:
(逐渐)破坏,毁掉已取得的成绩Theformerleadernow has towatchhissuccessorunpicking what hestrivedso hard toachieve.这位前任领导现在不得不眼睁睁地看着他的继任者一点点地毁掉他辛苦开创的局面。
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear