单词 | dredge something ↔ up |
释义 | dredge something ↔ updredge something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) DISCUSSto start talking again about something that happened a long time ago, especially something unpleasant 翻出,重提〔不愉快的陈年旧事〕 Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks which he made last year. 《新闻周刊》杂志翻出一些他去年讲过的话来。 b) to manage to remember something, or to feel or express an emotion, with difficulty 〔困难地〕追忆起,回忆;感到,表达〔某种感情〕 Robertson tried to dredge up an image of her in his mind. 罗伯逊努力回想她的样子。 From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile. 她努力装出灿烂的一笑。 c) TTWGETto pull something up from the bottom of a river, lake etc 挖掘,打捞 Examples from the Corpus dredge up• As Izzie dredged it up again, her growing hair flopped forward over her face and hid what she was thinking.• I can't imagine what would prompt this woman to dredge it all up if there wasn't some truth in it.• The move follows reports that a new mechanised suction dredge is breaking up river banks, blocking rivers and killing fish. → dredge something ↔ up at dredge(1) |
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