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un- +‎ leash

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unleash (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 unleashes,現在分詞 unleashing,一般過去時及過去分詞 unleashed)

  1. (及物) 解除繩索鏈子束縛
    反義詞: leashleash up
    He unleashed his dog in the park.
    他在公園撒開了自己的狗。
  2. (比喻) 解放釋放
    He unleashed his fury.
    發洩了自己的怒火。
    • 2011 10月 1, 約翰辛諾特, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, 出自 BBC 體育[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.
      本特正往遠端柱移動,這時,阿邦拉霍選擇獨自突破,越過加利卡達維,然後射門,將球射入門網頂端。
    • 2020 6月 3, 安德魯莫蘭特, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, 出自 《鐵路》(Rail),頁號 58:
      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.
      颶風「查理」肆虐了整個晚上,並在鐵路公司計畫在肯特郡檢查植被管理專案的那天早上釋放更強烈的陣風,導致火車時刻表依次取消。從埃文河畔布拉德福德出發的行程才剛到達巴斯,結果卻要止步於此了。
  3. (比喻) 引發啟動
    • 2013 4月 9, 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?
      說戰爭很有可能會爆發的人很少提出這個問題:北韓領導人發動一場幾個星期甚至幾天就會輸掉的戰爭,能得到什麼好處?

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