unleash

英语

词源

un- +‎ leash

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ʌnˈliʃ/

  • 音讯 (英国南方)：

    (档案)

• 韵部：-iːʃ

动词

unleash (第三人称单数简单现在时 unleashes，现在分词 unleashing，一般过去时及过去分词 unleashed)

1. (及物) 解除绳索或链子的束缚。

   反义词：leash、leash up

   He unleashed his dog in the park.

   他在公园撒开了自己的狗。

2. (比喻义) 解放、释放。

   He unleashed his fury.

   他发泄了自己的怒火。

   • 2011年10月1日, 約翰辛諾特, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, 出自 BBC 体育‎^[1]:

     As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.

     本特正往远端柱移动，这时，阿邦拉霍选择独自突破，越过加利卡达维，然后射门，将球射入门网顶端。

   • 2020年6月3日, 安德魯莫蘭特, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, 出自 《鐵路》(Rail)，第 58 页:

     Storm Charlie had raged throught [sic] the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end.

     飓风“查理”肆虐了整个晚上，并在铁路公司计划在肯特郡检查植被管理专案的那天早上释放更强烈的阵风，导致火车时刻表依次取消。从埃文河畔布拉德福德出发的行程才刚到达巴斯，结果却要止步于此了。

3. (比喻义) 引发、启动。
   • 2013年4月9日, 安德烈蘭科夫, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, 出自 《紐約時報》‎^[2]:

     People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?

     说战争很有可能会爆发的人很少提出这个问题：北韩领导人发动一场几个星期甚至几天就会输掉的战争，能得到什么好处？

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