unbend
unbend 英 [ˌʌnˈbend] 美 [ʌnˈbɛnd]
vt. 弄直；使松弛；卸下 vi. 变直；松弛，变融洽
进行时:unbending 过去式:unbent 过去分词:unbent 第三人称单数:unbends 名词复数:unbends
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- vt. 弄直；使松弛；卸下
- vi. 变直；松弛，变融洽
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1. This kind of wire is easy to unbend.
这种金属线很容易弄直。
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2. Full of fire as he was in his public life, he could also unbend graciously so as to talk on the most difficult subjects to a stripling like myself without any trace of a patronising tone.
在公共生活上他满怀激情，但也能和和气气对我这样一个毛头小伙谈论最艰深的话题，而没有一点屈尊俯就的样子。
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3. He has cerebral palsy and has already had seven operations to unbend his arms and legs.
他得了脑瘫，并接受了7次手术以矫正四肢。
- unbend (v.) mid-13c., "relax a bow by unstringing it," from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + bend (v.). Intransitive sense from 1746. Figurative meaning "to become genial, relax" (1748) has a sense opposite to that of unbending "inflexible, obstinate" (1680s), which does not derive from the bow-stringing image.
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