unfold

verb

1. （使）展开；打开
   to spread open or flat sth that has previously been folded; to become open and flat
   1. to unfold a map
      展开地图
   2. She unfolded her arms.
      她张开双臂。
2. （使）逐渐展现；展示；透露
   to be gradually made known; to gradually make sth known to other people
   1. The audience watched as the story unfolded before their eyes.
      观众注视着剧情逐渐地展开。
   2. She unfolded her tale to us.
      她向我们倾吐了她的故事。

1. VERB 展现；呈现；逐渐明朗
   If a situation unfolds, it develops and becomes known or understood.
   1. The outcome depends on conditions as well as how events unfold...
      结果取决于条件，还取决于事件的进展。
   2. The facts started to unfold before them.
      真相开始在他们面前显露出来。
2. V-ERG （故事）展开；讲述
   If a story unfolds or if someone unfolds it, it is told to someone else.
   1. Don's story unfolded as the cruise got under way...
      随着航行的开始，唐的故事也随之展开。
   2. Mr Wills unfolds his story with evident enjoyment.
      威尔斯先生喜形于色地讲述自己的经历。
3. V-ERG 展开；打开；伸展
   If someone unfolds something which has been folded or if it unfolds, it is opened out and becomes flat.
   1. He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress...
      他迅速展开毯子，铺在床垫上。
   2. When the bird lifts off into flight, its wings unfold to an impressive six-foot span.
      这种鸟起飞时，翼展可达6英尺，很惊人。

1. The outcome depends on conditions as well as how events unfold
   结果取决于条件，还取决于事件的进展。
2. The facts started to unfold before them.
   真相开始在他们面前显露出来。
3. Don's story unfolded as the cruise got under way
   随着航行的开始，唐的故事也随之展开。
4. Mr Wills unfolds his story with evident enjoyment.
   威尔斯先生喜形于色地讲述自己的经历。
5. He quickly unfolded the blankets and spread them on the mattress
   他迅速展开毯子，铺在床垫上。
6. When the bird lifts off into flight, its wings unfold to an impressive six-foot span.
   这种鸟起飞时，翼展可达6英尺，很惊人。
7. While attending to the central task, we should unfold the work in other fields.
   我们在从事中心工作的同时，还要开展其他方面的工作。
8. The kitchen and bathroom unfold from the wall.
   厨房和卫生间从墙面展开。
9. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold.
   他无法瞥见自己在那段还未展开的盛大故事中所扮演的角色。
10. Watching the US budget crisis unfold, I was reminded of a famous passage in The Great Gatsby.
    目睹美国正在上演的预算危机，让我想起了《了不起的盖茨比》（TheGreatGatsby）一书中的一个著名段落。
11. You may find that romance will unfold through business connections.
    你可能会发现，商务交往中会有浪漫情缘。
12. And we have seen this story unfold throughout this region.
    我们已经看到这个故事在这一地区开始了。
13. It is an important task for us to unfold criticism of revisionism on the ideological front now.
    我们现在在思想战线上的一个重要任务，就是要开展对于修正主义的批判。
14. And as I watched this tiny life unfold.
    我看着这个小生命慢慢的成长。
15. Your strengths will unfold over time as you develop them.
    发展你的长处，慢慢地你的长处就会显露出来。
16. Please think some more about technological determinism and historical inevitability as events unfold.
    随着事件的不断展开，请对技术决定主义和历史必然性做更多的思考。
17. As events unfold, people form perceptions about colleagues, the organisation, work and themselves.
    随着事件发展，人们对同事们、组织、工作和自己都会形成感知。
18. Warfare, both conventional and unconventional, tended to unfold in campaigns of predictable and relatively short duration.
    战争，包括传统的和非传统的，趋向于沿着持续时间可以预见的和相对较短的战役模式展开。
19. Look for typical examples and unfold criticism and self-criticism.
    找典型，批评和自我批评。
20. I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime.
    在我为这简单的故事揭开第一页的时候，我心头想到的那些情景，就为无伤大雅的消闲提供了一幅绝妙的背景。
21. Don't be shy let your fantasies unfold and you will not be disappointed.
    不要羞于打开你的奇思妙想，你一定不会失望。
22. Please put your sail on the table and unfold it. I will check and stamp on it.
    请把你的帆放在桌子上展开，我要检查一下并在上面盖章。
23. In here, you may heartily unfold you, has one piece to belong to own sky.
    在这里，你可以尽情的展现你自己，拥有一片属于自己的天空。
24. Allow the situation to unfold, and you'll have a better sense of its complexity.
    让这种情况来临，你会更好地感受到它的复杂性。
25. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold.
    活动场所力量抗争或事件表露的场所或场景。
26. Some have begun and some are yet to unfold, but you are on the path.
    一些已经开始，而一些仍即将展开，但是你是在路径上。
27. I am not a mystery to those to whom I unfold myself.
    我对有些人是畅所欲言的。对他们来说，我是一个谜。
28. The hows and whys of this growing economic interdependence will unfold in the remaining chapters.
    经济上日益增长的这种相互依赖的方式及原因，将在其余各章中展开论述。
29. I urge you to consider your opinions and emotions as global events begin to unfold.
    我力劝你，在全球事件开始展开时，细想你的意见和情绪。
30. It is time for this dance to end and a new era to unfold!
    现在是时候去结束这场舞蹈了，让一个新时代展现！

verb

1. develop or come to a promising stage
   1. Youth blossomed into maturity

   Synonym:    blossomblossom outblossom forth

2. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
   1. open the map
   2. spread your arms

   Synonym:    spreadspread outopen

3. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
   1. Unfold the newspaper
   2. stretch out that piece of cloth
   3. extend the TV antenna

   Synonym:    stretchstretch outextend

4. open to the view
   1. A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings