disentangle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·en·tan·gle /ˌdɪsənˈtæŋɡəl/ verb [transitive] 1 SEPARATEto separate different ideas or pieces of information that have become confused together 理顺，分清〔混杂的不同观念或信息〕 It’s very difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in what she’s saying. 很难分清她说的话哪些是真、哪些是假。2 disentangle yourself (from somebody/something) ESCAPEto escape from a difficult situation that you are involved in 〔从困境中〕解脱出来 She had just disentangled herself from a long relationship. 她刚从一段长久的感情中解脱出来。3. TIEto remove knots from ropes, strings etc that have become twisted or tied together 解开〔绳、线等〕的结4. to separate something from the things that are twisted around it 分开，理出→ See Verb table
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disentangle• The reasons for these variations are difficult to disentangle.• One arm disentangled itself from the covers, her fingers curling indolently into the fine cotton of the quilt.• Investigators had to disentangle Maxwell's complicated financial affairs.• Our concern here is not to try to disentangle New Liberalism from Fabian socialist thought.• It is hard to disentangle propaganda from fantasy.• As these examples suggest, it becomes increasingly difficult to disentangle royal and ducal retinues.• However, they can be disentangled sufficiently to allow our study of lexical semantics to proceed.• The balls of wool were all mixed up, and I couldn't disentangle them.• In politics, it is seldom easy to disentangle what is right from what is handy.dis·en·tan·gle verbChineseSyllable
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disentangle
dis‧en‧tan‧gle /ˌdɪsənˈtæŋɡəl, ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl/
verb [transitive]
1. to separate different ideas or pieces of information that have become confused together:
It’s very difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in what she’s saying.
2. disentangle yourself (from somebody/something) to escape from a difficult situation that you are involved in:
She had just disentangled herself from a long relationship.
3. to remove knots from ropes, strings etc that have become twisted or tied together
4. to separate something from the things that are twisted around it
dis‧en‧tan‧gle /ˌdɪsənˈtæŋɡəl, ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl/
verb [transitive]1. to separate different ideas or pieces of information that have become confused together:
2. disentangle yourself (from somebody/something) to escape from a difficult situation that you are involved in:
3. to remove knots from ropes, strings etc that have become twisted or tied together
4. to separate something from the things that are twisted around it