| 单词 | renew |
| 释义 | renew (once / 150 pages) v If you make something like new, you renew it. When you catch up with an old friend you haven't seen in a long time, you renew your friendship. To renew is to make new again. If you get a new due date for your library books, you've renewed them. If you forget to renew them, your books will be overdue, and you may have to pay a fine. Renew also means to revive, restore, or cause to appear in a new form. Historically, all kinds of tonics have claimed to renew a person's health, but many of the early ones actually contained poisons that could kill you. WORD FAMILYrenew: renewable, renewal, renewed, renewing, renews+/new: newer, newest, newly, newness, renew/newness: newnesses/renewable: nonrenewable, renewably, unrenewable/renewal: renewals, self-renewal/renewed: renewedly, unrenewed/renewing: self-renewing USAGE EXAMPLESHe said he hoped the case would spark renewed efforts towards enacting anti-discrimination legislation to protect more people like him. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) There weren’t signs of a broader shift in Twitter’s China strategy or renewed efforts to bring its social network back to the country. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) If the show is renewed, his wife gets to keep her writing gig, too. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years They renewed their membership Syn|Hypo|Hyper regenerate replace substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) freshen up, refurbish, renovatemake brighter and prettier revampto patch up or renovate; repair or restore remold, remould, retreadgive new treads to (a tire) renovate, restituterestore to a previous or better condition freshen, refreshmake (to feel) fresh revitalise, revitalizegive new life or vigor to regenerate, rejuvenate, restorereturn to life; get or give new life or energy modernise, modernize, overhaulmake repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to reconstruct, restorereturn to its original or usable and functioning condition change, commute, convert, exchangeexchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category changeremove or replace the coverings of gentrifyrenovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations reincarnatecause to appear in a new form resurrect, reviverestore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state retrofitsubstitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones air, air out, vent, ventilateexpose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen novatereplace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one decompress, uncompressrestore to its uncompressed form rehabilitatehelp to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute rehabilitaterestore to a state of good condition or operation defibrillatestop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks reinstaterestore to the previous state or rank re-create create anew 2v cause to appear in a new form Syn|Hyper reincarnate regenerate, rejuvenate, restore return to life; get or give new life or energy |
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