unraveling
解き明かす
解説 Definition
unraveling は unravel（解き明かす、ほどく）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ここでは謎や問題の仕組みを少しずつ明らかにするという意味で使われます。
The present participle or gerund of unravel, here meaning to discover and explain the hidden causes, structure, or truth of a complicated mystery or problem gradually. It suggests separating interconnected details until the matter becomes understandable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 unravel「ほどく・解明する」に -ing を付けた米式綴りで、英式では unravelling と l を重ねるのが一般的です。絡んだ糸を一本ずつほどく具体像を、unraveling a mystery「謎を少しずつ解明する」に重ねます。solve よりも、複雑な仕組みや原因を段階的に明らかにする感覚があります。
Connect the figurative meaning with the physical act of untangling thread. To unravel a mystery is to separate its clues one by one until the hidden pattern becomes clear. Add -ing to unravel to describe the process in progress or the activity itself. Useful phrases include unraveling a mystery, unraveling the cause, and unraveling a complex problem. Compared with simply solving something, unraveling emphasizes gradual investigation into tangled or interconnected details. Unraveling is standard American spelling, while British English commonly uses unravelling with two l’s.
例文
The detective is unraveling the mystery step by step.
探偵はその謎を一歩ずつ解き明かしています。
Scientists are unraveling the cause of the strange signal.
科学者たちはその奇妙な信号の原因を解き明かしています。
Unraveling the problem took the team several weeks.
その問題を解き明かすのに、チームは数週間かかりました。
unraveling の類義語・関連語
unraveling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞un-（反転）＋ravel（絡み合う）＋-ingから構成。オランダ語ravellenに由来し、『絡まった糸を逆向きにほどく』様子が転じ、難解な問題や隠された真実を一つずつ解き明かす意味に定着した。関連語：ravel
Unravel combines the reversing prefix un- with ravel, a verb meaning to tangle or entangle, and is historically related to Dutch ravelen. Its literal sense is to undo tangled threads or separate woven material. English extended that physical image to the process of clarifying mysteries, causes, and complicated problems. Unraveling adds -ing to the verb and is the usual American spelling; British English commonly writes unravelling. Here it denotes investigation and clarification, not the separate sense of falling apart.
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