unlocking
present participle ofunlock
| 单词 | unlocking |
| 释义 | unlocking present participle ofunlock unlock verb[T] uk/ʌnˈlɒk/us/ʌnˈlɑːk/B2 toopensomething,especiallyadoorthat islocked(=fastenedwith alock)using akeyor anelectronicdevice: IthinkIleftthegaragedoorunlocked. toenterapasswordornumberinorderto beableto use amobilephone: You need toknowthesecretPINto unlockyourmobilephoneuponpowerup. to make amobilephoneableto be used on anymobilephonenetwork: Onceyourphoneis unlocked, you canbuyandchangeSIMcardsas youtravel. todiscoverimportantnewfactsabout something and make themknowntopeople: Achemicalhas beendiscoveredthat may be thekeyto unlockingthemysteriesof Parkinson'sdisease. Exploring theseasteroidsmayhelpunlockthesecretsof the earlysolarsystem. He waspartof ateamthat unlocked thehumangeneticblueprint. to make itpossiblefor something to be used well, whenpreviouslyit may not have been used enough: We must unlockthepotentialof allourpeople, not just some ofourpeople. The company'smissionis to unlockthevalueofimagesandvideosproducedeverydayacrossthewebandsocialmedia. to getextrafeaturesin acomputergame, forexamplebysuccessfullycompletingachallenge: You need tofindspecificartefactsto unlockalmostall of the game'sfunctions. Sometimeslivinghere is likeplayinganadventuregame- everyproblemsolvedunlocks two newquests. unlock the imagination to make theimaginationmoreactive,producinginterestingideasandimages: One of poetry'sfunctionsis to unlock theimagination.
Unfastening and opening
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Communications - by telephone Using and misusing Communications - general words Finding and discovering Available and accessible Affecting and influencing Examplesofunlockingunlocking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. All joints need to be lifted in a vertical direction where joints 2 and 3 need an extra motion to activate theirunlockingmechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus The advances in genome sequencing over the past two decades now make it possible to consider 'unlockingthe malaria genome'. From theCambridge English Corpus Pharmacogenomics :unlockingthe human genome for better drug therapy. From theCambridge English Corpus It is seen thatunlockingand resonance are both twice as delayed as in the case of the larger group velocity. From theCambridge English Corpus Considered from the viewpoint of the mechanical philosopher, the physical process of locking (orunlocking) involved two material bodies, a lock and a key. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlockingorganizational potential: a computational platform for investigating structural interdependence in design. From theCambridge English Corpus One position of the cam is used forunlockingthe joint while the other position is used for locking the joint. From theCambridge English Corpus These two steps are akin tounlockinga gate and opening it. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlocking, transforming, storing, distributing and switching about are ways of revealing. From theCambridge English Corpus Only a vertical motion is sufficient for locking; however, both horizontal and vertical motions are required forunlocking. From theCambridge English Corpus Each solution in one way or another appealed to the metre of the verse for theunlockingof the melodic rhythm. From theCambridge English Corpus Theunlockingprocess requires pushing the lateral button along to the center of the joint. From theCambridge English Corpus It does not present demonology as a key tounlockingthe secrets of the unprecedented spate of trials which occurred in the course of the period. From theCambridge English Corpus Locking andunlockingof ribosomal motions. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlockingequity with reverse mortgages. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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