| 单词 | reopen |
| 释义 | reopen (rioʊpən ) Word forms: reopens , reopening , reopened 1. verb If you reopen a public building such as a factory, airport, or school, or if it reopens, it opens and starts working again after it has been closed for some time. We have plenty of coal underground, but reopening mines takes years and costs billions. [VERB noun] It plans to reopen the shipyard tomorrow. [VERB noun] The Theatre Royal, Norwich, will reopen in November. [VERB] Synonyms: open again 2. verb If police or the courts reopen a legal case, they investigate it again because it has never been solved or because there was something wrong in the way it was investigated before. There was a call today to reopen the investigation into the bombing. [VERB noun] Synonyms: open again, resume, restart, begin again 3. verb If people or countries reopen talks or negotiations or if talks or negotiations reopen, they begin again after they have stopped for some time. But now high level delegations will reopen talks that broke up earlier this year. [VERB noun] ...the possibility of reopening negotiations with the government. [VERB noun + with] Peace talks reopened between the rebels and the government. [VERB] 4. verb If people or countries reopen ties or relations, they start being friendly again after a time when they were not friendly. The President has been eager to reopen ties with western corporations. [VERB noun + with] The two countries reopened diplomatic relations. [VERB noun] 5. verb If something reopens a question or debate, it makes the question or debate relevant again and causes people to start discussing it again. His results are likely to reopen the debate on race and education. [VERB noun] 6. verb If a country reopens a border or route, or if it reopens, it becomes possible to cross or travel along it again after it has been closed. ...making peace with its neighbour by reopening its border. [VERB noun] The important Beijing Shanghai route has reopened. [VERB] Collocations: reopen a door But if any do reopen their doors, licensing laws will be used to shut them by force. The Sun The chosen compensation was foolish, since it reopened the door to tax avoidance and rewarded the short term while penalising the long-term investor. Times, Sunday Times Yet only about half of the shops trading in 2013 will reopen their doors today. Times, Sunday Times Try closing then reopening the door. Times,Sunday Times Some will never reopen their doors. The Sun Attempts to reopen the school were disastrous. Times, Sunday Times The monks returned in the same year to resume monastic life and to reopen the school. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They won election and did reopen the school. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the governor was given the discretion to take over integrated school(s) and reopen the school(s) on a segregated basis rather than close the entire district. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather than reopening all schools, could these made be accessible to some age groups only? Times,Sunday Times A year later the student turmoil seemed to have made the authorities more reasonable, and he was granted permission to reopen the shop. Times, Sunday Times His son had reopened the shop as a florist's six weeks ago. Times, Sunday Times We will rebuild the post office and reopen the shops. Times, Sunday Times He reopens his shop, carrying goods and rare coins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will now come under intense pressure to reopen the inquiry and publish its report. Times, Sunday Times It will pile further pressure on him to reopen his inquiry. Times, Sunday Times There may now be calls to reopen that inquiry. Times, Sunday Times The council has no plans to revisit the incident or reopen the inquiry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he published his report in 2000, the police declined to reopen their inquiries. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 重新开张 Japanese: 再開する |
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