词汇 | unwind |
释义 | unwind verb uk /ʌnˈwaɪnd/ us /ʌnˈwaɪnd/unwound | unwound unwindverb (UNFASTEN)C2[ I or T ] If you unwind something that is wrapped around an object, you unfasten it, and if it unwinds, it becomes unfastened: 解开,打开,松开(卷绕之物) In a nearby medical tent, a US Army doctor gently unwinds Metruk's bandage.在附近的一个医疗帐篷里,一名美国军医轻轻解开了麦特鲁克的绷带。 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 unlock unlockable unpick unzip unwindverb (RELAX)C1[ I ](alsowind down) to relax and allow your mind to be free from worry after a period of work or some other activity that has made you worried: 放松;轻松 A glass of wine in the evening helps me to unwind after work.晚上一杯酒能让我在工作后放松一下。 to relax relaxAfter a long day in the office, I love nothing more than relaxing on the sofa. chill outWe spent the whole week chilling out on the beach. chillaxHey, man, just chillax. unwindMusic helps me to unwind. wind downOur daughter knows that when we read a story at the end of the day, it's time to wind down and get ready for bed. take it easyYou'll need to spend a few days taking it easy after the operation. Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread calm chill let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation self-soothe settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down unwind | American Dictionaryunwind verb us/ʌnˈwɑɪnd/past tense and past participleunwoundus/ʌnˈwɑʊnd/ unwindverb (UNFASTEN)[ T ] to unfasten something that is wrapped around an object: to unwind string unwindverb (RELAX)[ I ](alsowind down) to relax after a period of work or anxiety: I’m just going to watch some TV and unwind. unwind | Business Englishunwind verb uk /ʌnˈwaɪnd/usunwound | unwound [ T ] FINANCE to sell shares, etc. that you bought expecting that their price would rise: Institutional investors caused prices to fall as they unwound positions that they took when they were betting on rising stock prices. [ T ] FINANCE to buy the shares, etc. that you borrowed expecting that their price would go down and that you now need to deliver: Traders unwound short positions, expecting gasoline would be lower this time of year. [ I or T ] to change or remove the effects of something: Financial markets believe that these imbalances can be unwound gradually, allowing the economy to land softly. People's ability to service debt is unwinding. [ I ](alsowind down) to relax and allow your mind to be free from worry after a period of work: The facility was built as a place where casino workers could go and unwind after their shifts. unwindingnoun[ U ] The mark's weakness against the yen is a result of the unwinding of long positions. Examples of unwindunwind The surge in investment financing to take advantage of the higher capital allowances available in 1984–85 is still unwinding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of the exceptionally high leverage and the scale of linkages between risks, this process of unwinding is proving particularly painful. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have understood, too, what has been his aim and his strategy in the gradual unwinding of detention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we begin, however small the beginning, many problems will start unwinding themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only then can the unwinding of sanctions begin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is giving coal an extra chance against nuclear, as a result of the unwinding of the nuclear levy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have got now to go through a process, as it were, of unwinding what has been wound up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that, as the area protection grant unwinds, comparisons will be even simpler than they are at present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He emphasised that the vast bulk of it was the unwinding of leads and lags. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, businesses are in the process of unwinding some of the unplanned stocks that they accumulated last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unwinding or replacing the transactions would lead to enormous disruption of markets and unpredictable cost to the counterparties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The past seven years have seen the largest and most sustained fall in the ratio since the unwinding of the wartime economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are confronted with high borrowing and, as the recession unwinds much more slowly than we should have liked, borrowing levels will persist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more, we allowed for considerable increases in wages as we unwound the pay policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one will think that this unwinding process will be easy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of unwind These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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