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单词 untie
释义
untie
verb[T]
uk
/ʌnˈtaɪ/us
/ʌnˈtaɪ/
present participleuntying|past tense and past participleuntied
B2
tounfastenaknotor somethingtied
解开；松开
Synonym
unlace
Opposites
lacesomethingup
tie(FASTEN)
Examples
  • I can't untie theknot- it's tootight.
  • "I just need to getchanged." he said, untying hisshoelaces.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unfastening and opening
  • breaker
  • gape
  • let/setsomethinglooseidiom
  • loose
  • loosen
  • loosenyourgripidiom
  • shut(someone)up
  • steam
  • tease
  • teasesomethingout
  • the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
  • throw
  • unbuckle
  • unbutton
  • unfold
  • unlace
  • unlock
  • unpick
  • unplug
  • unroll
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(Definition ofuntiefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

untie| American Dictionary

untie
verb[T]
us
/ʌnˈtɑɪ/
present participleuntying|past tense and past participleuntied
tounfastenaknotor somethingtied:
I had tohelpher untie hershoelaces.
(Definition ofuntiefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuntie

untie
Again, the passage of time and accumulation of data will help us tountiethis knot.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A change of stress also helps tountiethis pair.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This allows us tountiethe knot between immutability and necessity.
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Recommendations include better targeting, untying from donor requirements, the use of local or regional purchases, and better information systems to anticipate food shortages in time, and to avoid belated arrivals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is like using a bodkin tountiea knot; there is nothing to which it is applied that it does not give order to. 11.
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The very valuable chronology, and the biographies of the persons named, modestly conceal the difficulty of the labours which produced them and the complexity of the scholarly knots theyuntie.
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Once the ligatures untied, the arteries became enlarged, through which, before that, hardly little discoloured and poor blood had circulated, and life commenced making itself felt in consequence of it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, there came the traffic wardens who were to work all these aids in order to helpuntiethe knot.
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He seems to suggest that the untying of a cottage might mean placing a financial burden on the cottager.
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Another question raised was whether a tied house had to be untied before application could be made for a grant.
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But we decided on various measures with which to start untying that knot.
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Will the owner-occupier run the risk of lowering the value of his farm by untying his cottages?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He obviously wants houses to be untied so that the farmer and the agricultural worker may get the advantage of the grant.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The tying of aid limits the choices of the recipient country; the untying of aid removes important and costly restrictions.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is a scheme tountieand rationalise a highly irrational process.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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