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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。
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
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。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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 Dictionary


unwind
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 English


unwind
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.

unwinding


noun[ U ]
The mark's weakness against the yen is a result of the unwinding of long positions.

Examples of unwind


unwind
The surge in investment financing to take advantage of the higher capital allowances available in 1984–85 is still unwinding.
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Because of the exceptionally high leverage and the scale of linkages between risks, this process of unwinding is proving particularly painful.
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We have understood, too, what has been his aim and his strategy in the gradual unwinding of detention.
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When we begin, however small the beginning, many problems will start unwinding themselves.
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Only then can the unwinding of sanctions begin.
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He is giving coal an extra chance against nuclear, as a result of the unwinding of the nuclear levy.
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We have got now to go through a process, as it were, of unwinding what has been wound up.
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I hope that, as the area protection grant unwinds, comparisons will be even simpler than they are at present.
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He emphasised that the vast bulk of it was the unwinding of leads and lags.
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First, businesses are in the process of unwinding some of the unplanned stocks that they accumulated last year.
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Unwinding or replacing the transactions would lead to enormous disruption of markets and unpredictable cost to the counterparties.
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The past seven years have seen the largest and most sustained fall in the ratio since the unwinding of the wartime economy.
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We are confronted with high borrowing and, as the recession unwinds much more slowly than we should have liked, borrowing levels will persist.
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What is more, we allowed for considerable increases in wages as we unwound the pay policy.
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No one will think that this unwinding process will be easy.
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