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词汇 unlock
释义 unlock
verb[ T ]
uk /ʌnˈlɒk/ us /ʌnˈlɑːk/
B2
to open something, especially a door that is locked (= fastened with a lock) using a key or an electronic device: 打开;(尤指用钥匙或电子设备)开(门)
I think I left the garage door unlocked.我觉得我忘了锁上车库门。
to enter a password or number in order to be able to use a mobile phone: (用密码)解锁(手机)
You need to know the secret PIN to unlock your mobile phone upon power up.您需要知道密码才能在开机时解锁您的手机。
to make a mobile phone able to be used on any mobile phone network: 解锁(某一特定网络运营商的手机)
Once your phone is unlocked, you can buy and change SIM cards as you travel.手机解锁后,您可以在旅行时购买和更换SIM卡。
to discover important new facts about something and make them known to people:
unlock the mysteriesA chemical has been discovered that may be the key to unlocking the mysteries of Parkinson's disease.
unlock the secretsExploring these asteroids may help unlock the secrets of the early solar system.
He was part of a team that unlocked the human genetic blueprint.
to make it possible for something to be used well, when previously it may not have been used enough:
unlock the potentialWe must unlock the potential of all our people, not just some of our people.
unlock the valueThe company's mission is to unlock the value of images and videos produced everyday across the web and social media.
to get extra features in a computer game, for example by successfully completing a challenge:
You need to find specific artefacts to unlock almost all of the game's functions.
Sometimes living here is like playing an adventure game - every problem solved unlocks two new quests.
 unlock the imagination
to make the imagination more active, producing interesting ideas and images: 放飞想象力
One of poetry's functions is to unlock the imagination.诗歌的功能之一便是开启想象力。
Having my car stolen really taught me a lesson - I'll never leave it unlocked again.我的车被盗的确给了我一个教训——我再也不会不锁车了。
Leaving your house unlocked is an open invitation to burglars.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unfastening and opening
break something open
breaker
decongestion
gape
let/set something looseidiom
loose
shut (someone) up
steam
tease
tease something out
the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
unbolted
unbuckle
unfold
unknot
unlace
unlockable
unpick
unplug
unzip

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Communications - by telephone
Using and misusing
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Finding and discovering
Available and accessible

unlock | American Dictionary


unlock
verb[ T ]
us/ʌnˈlɑk/
to open a lock using a key, an electronic device, or a series of numbers or letters:
Could you unlock the door for me?

unlock | Business English


unlock
verb[ T ]
 FINANCEuk /ʌnˈlɒk/us
to make something available to be used in order to increase its value or to make a profit from it:
If we do not unlock the value of this business, someone else will.
The demerger will unlock shareholder value by allowing the two companies to be valued separately.
Equity release schemes are a safe and straightforward way of unlocking the cash from your home.

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Pharmacogenomics : unlocking the human genome for better drug therapy.
Considered from the viewpoint of the mechanical philosopher, the physical process of locking (or unlocking) involved two material bodies, a lock and a key.
The number of women unlocked for work within the prison has also increased.
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A growing number of businesses are recognising the benefits of unlocking the potential of their people.
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Indeed, there is alarming reading in parts of the report about how the staff had a cavalier attitude to unlocking prisoners.
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Education is not a burden; education is a key that unlocks the door of knowledge, and through it much of the happiness of life.
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A quarter of all car crime happens because people leave their car doors unlocked.
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A considerable source of new finance has been unlocked.
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First, they need the support of the people who leave their doors unlocked.
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He said that confidence was the key to unlocking recovery, and that confidence was the essential condition for increased spending in the economy.
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Is it suggested that every time a car is parked the doors should be left unlocked and the windows open?
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The railings have been removed and the ward doors unlocked.
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Is it going to be unlocked for the people?
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We have not placed obligations on landowners to keep gates unlocked or to provide suitable means of access.
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In the ordinary way the prisoner reports to his landing officer when he is unlocked in the morning.
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