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Rekindle Means Verb 动词 Makes   [V N D

英语单词 rekindle
英美音标 英 [ˌriː'kɪndl] 美 [ˌriː'kɪndl]
中文释义 v.重新点燃
英语例句 (1) Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.
(2) He blew hard on the ashes to rekindle the fire.
中文例句 (1) 她激情已逝,无从心回意转。
(2) 他用力吹灰烬以便使火复燃。
vocabulary简明 Use the verb rekindle when you're trying to get something started again, like a fire or a romance.
vocabulary扩展 If your campfire goes out while you're getting the marshmallows out of your tent, you'll want to rekindle it. Likewise, if you've lost touch with a childhood friend, you might try to rekindle your relationship when you meet again as adults. Re means "again," and kindle means "start a fire," probably from the Old Norse kynda, "to light a fire." Rekindle has been used in the figurative sense from around 1300.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]重新点燃;使重新活跃 If something rekindles an interest, feeling, or thought that you used to have, it makes you think about it or feel it again.
  [V n]
  • Ben Brantley's article on Sir Ian McKellen rekindled many memories...

    本·布兰特利的那篇关于伊恩·麦凯伦爵士的文章唤起了许多记忆。

  • Her interest was rekindled when she saw herbs in everyday medicinal use there.

    在那里看到日常医疗中广泛使用草药的时候,她的兴趣被重新点燃了。

2
[VERB 动词]再次引起,再次引发(使人不悦的状况) If something rekindles an unpleasant situation, it makes the unpleasant situation happen again.
  [V n]
  • There are fears that the series could rekindle animosity between the two countries...

    有人担忧这一系列事件会再次引发两国之间的敌对。

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