unpicking
present participle ofunpick
| 单词 | unpicking |
| 释义 | unpicking present participle ofunpick unpick verb[T] uk/ʌnˈpɪk/us/ʌnˈpɪk/unpickverb[T](SEWING)tocutorremovethestitchesfrom alineofsewing Knitting & sewing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unfastening and opening unpickverb[T](IDEAS)If you unpick adifficultsubject, youseparateandexamineitsdifferentpartscarefully: Heexpertlyunpicks thesignificantfeaturesof eachpainting. If Itryto unpick my ownmotivation, IthinkmostlyI wasjealous. Analysing and evaluating
unpickverb[T](DESTROY)tograduallydestroyorremovethe goodeffectsof what someone has done orcreated: Theformerleadernow has towatchhissuccessorunpicking what hestrivedso hard toachieve. Destroying and demolishing
Examplesofunpickingunpicking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. To beginunpickingthe significance of these new results, we need to return to some of the original claims. From theCambridge English Corpus Clearly,unpickingthe causal links requires a more searching and focused enquiry if it is to move beyond generating new but unproven hypotheses. From theCambridge English Corpus A more explicit treatment of gender distinctions might have been helpful here, inunpickingthe different responses to premature loss. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather thanunpickingthe socially-structured spaces of ' normal ' domestic life, the end of an illness, albeit in death, marked a time of legitimate re-ordering. From theCambridge English Corpus Unpickingthe "seems" of free will. From theCambridge English Corpus Such deconstruction challenges the complacency of the subject,unpickingthe connections between power and knowledge, and showing how social policy is itself implicated in the processes it claims to study. From theCambridge English Corpus The processes ofunpickingthe treaty and reconstituting another would take a considerable number of months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They go to the heart of the clause, and could not be addressed withoutunpickingit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This leads to complex situations involving three or sometimes four parties, and theunpickingof such transactions creates particular difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, it would be difficult to beginunpickingthe formula now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggested that some of our amendments would go rather far inunpickingthe agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unpickingsome of the schemes would cause an injustice, as it is impossible to harmonise across the range of different provisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She and her new husband are willing to manage without it, but there is no retrospection and nounpickingthe situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is almost impossible fully to understand the trauma that would result fromunpickingcases in which adoption has taken place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that we are being led in that direction, and that we areunpickingdelicate questions that may leave the very monarchy exposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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