| 英语单词 | rekindle |
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| 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]
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]
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