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单词 redouble
释义
redouble
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To redouble something is to intensify it or make it bigger. After losing your initial run for school president, you might redouble your efforts the next year, with a bigger and better campaign.
You'll almost always find the verb redouble accompanied by efforts, as when the local police force makes a pledge to redouble their efforts to cut down on people texting while driving. Or in an attempt to have a more diverse student body, a college might redouble its efforts to recruit applicants from different geographical areas. The root of redouble is the Middle French word redoubler, which combines re, "again," and doubler, "to double."
WORD FAMILY
redouble: redoubled, redoubles, redoubling
USAGE EXAMPLES
The underlying absurdity of those shows was redoubled through his lens, occasionally in the form of magical realism.
Salon(Jan 02, 2017)
Israel’s nationalist government is banking on the incoming Trump administration to undo the damage with redoubled support.
Time(Dec 27, 2016)
Wake’s drive seemed to redouble after he tore his left Achilles tendon in Game 7 last year.
Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016)
1v double again
The noise doubled and redoubled
Hyper
double, duplicate
increase twofold
2v make twice as great or intense
The screaming redoubled
Hyper
deepen, intensify
become more intense
3v double in magnitude, extent, or intensity
The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio
Hyper
escalate, intensify, step up
increase in extent or intensity
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