Definition of regenerate in English:

regenerate

verb rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtrəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt

[with object]

1(of a living organism) grow (new tissue) after loss or damage.
（活生物体）重新生长出（新组织）（取代失去或受损组织）
the lizard has to find the wherewithal to regenerate its tail
Example sentencesExamples
- Murry is using embryonic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue.
- ‘The idea is that maybe in adults you can reactivate the pathway to regenerate tissues,’ he explains.
- Glucosamine is thought to be chondroprotective, as well as an agent that restores cartilage by providing the material needed for chondrocytes to regenerate cartilage tissue.
- Of practical interest to humans, said Carroll, is the salamander's ability to regenerate limbs.
- Even more important, why can't we regenerate tissue to repair damaged organs like our heart or lungs?
- Finally, cell fusion events appear to be one of the mechanisms by which adult stem cells regenerate certain tissues.
- If humans could undo differentiation, though, doctors might not have to hunt for rare and elusive stem cells within the body or try to force stem cells from one tissue to regenerate tissue of another type.
- These cells change their ultimate destiny, or fate, as the disc regenerates tissue so that, for example, instead of regenerating leg structures they form wing structures.
- The length of the cycle is variable and determined by time of year, nutritional status, and other factors including whether or not the animal is regenerating a limb.
- The drug, called Tissuegene-C, is used to treat degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, by helping regenerate cartilage in joints.
- Fish and amphibians can regenerate optic nerve tissue, so Benowitz and his colleagues examined goldfish and found two compounds essential to this process.
- A large fraction of these embryos aborted on the germination medium and were not able to regenerate plantlets.
- It generally takes up to a week for your eye to regenerate the surface tissue that was removed.
- We are multicellular organisms that regenerate some of our cells continuously.
- The studies suggest that only embryonic cells have the potential to regenerate diseased tissues.
- What happens in this disorder is that wherever you get a bruise or a wound, instead of normal cells moving in to regenerate the skin and the flesh and heal the wound, bone forms.
- But just why some animals can regenerate while others are unable to do so is not clear.
- They could quickly regenerate their missing limbs, and whatever had fallen off was still usable.
- Scientists have long known that bone marrow stem cells regenerate blood cells.
1. 1.1no object (of an organ or tissue) grow again.
  （器官或组织）再生，重长
  once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate
  一旦遭到破坏，脑细胞不会再生。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The donor's liver usually regenerates completely in about 12 months, but concerns remain over the risks of the resection and possible complications such as anastomotic strictures or leaks.
  It is possible to split the liver into two segments that can be shared between two recipients because the liver regenerates.
  Studies have shown that mammalian cells appear to maintain the pathways required for tissues to regenerate.
  She is using biodegradable polymers, basically specialty plastics, to help severed nerves regenerate and reconnect cell by cell.
  The point is that once upon a time we didn't think that brains could regenerate.
  The researchers identified and harvested stem cells from the brains of adult mice and encouraged them to grow by mimicking the way the brain naturally regenerates.
  Reinnervation is the process in which damaged nerves regenerate.
  Implanted epithelium regenerates unevenly postoperatively, creating clumps of epithelial tissue under the flap.
  The vet told me that she thought this was primarily about the cat not eating and that if I could force feed her, her liver would regenerate and she'd probably be okay.
  Goldfish retinal axons are able to regenerate and grow over isolated fish oligodendrocytes in vitro.
  A liver transplant would offer an 85 per cent success rate for curing Amy's condition, and could come from a child or part of an adult, as it is possible to split a liver and for the organ to regenerate.
  Estrogen may also greatly decrease a woman's risk for Alzheimer's disease by helping neurons grow and regenerate and decreasing inflammation.
  Because the tendon must regenerate, the rehab period can last from four to nine months.
  New biomaterials could regenerate and repair human tissues.
  On this medium, somatic embryos regenerated from the calli.
  By the time the cast is removed the tendon has regenerated to a proper length.
  Only a few years ago, the concept of blood cells transmuting into lung cells would have been no less heretical because it was widely accepted that the human lung had a limited capacity to grow and regenerate.
  Debriding the devitalized tissue will allow the underlying healthy tissue to regenerate.
  Fortunately, skin regenerates constantly, which is the reason why the strategy of eliminating some cells is a good one.
  Now that scientists understand that brain cells can regenerate, there may finally be a glimmer of hope in treating the horrible ailments that destroy them.
2Bring new and more vigorous life to (an area, industry, institution, etc.); revive, especially in economic terms.
（尤指在经济方面）复兴，重建（地区或机构）
the money will be used to regenerate the heart of the town
Example sentencesExamples
- A spokeswoman for Sheffield Council said the overall aim was to regenerate the area by demolishing housing in a poor condition in areas of deepening social exclusion.
- This year she was put in charge of the government's agency for regenerating brownfield sites in England, while running an internet publishing company.
- Won't ordinary people benefit if the Olympics come to London and areas are regenerated?
- He praises the government for putting in money to regenerate the area.
- Yorkshire miners facing redundancy are set to benefit from an £11m Government package to help them find another job and regenerate the area.
- But we must continually regenerate ourselves to remain successful in an increasingly competitive environment.
- And it would release an area of land which could help regenerate the town centre.
- We are supposed to be regenerating an area which fell victim to violent rioters!
- Plans to regenerate the graveyard at Heaton Baptist church are being put into action by a group of Bradford residents fighting to protect the Victorian cemetery.
- It will help regenerate the area and bring in vast numbers of visitors who will boost the borough's economy.
- The publication of the Gambling Bill has been accompanied by claims that new casinos will regenerate rundown areas and be good for the economy.
- The government's plans to regenerate the area were announced in March last year by Tony Blair and John Prescott.
- The skate park is part of overall plans to regenerate the park and the idea came out of a public meeting two years ago to find out what people using the park wanted.
- Longer term there were plans to regenerate the area with residential, retail and leisure developments.
- We're contributing to the local economy and the school population, and regenerating the rural area.
- He said this showed the system was slow and didn't adequately recognise the impact commercial development can have in regenerating run-down areas.
- The runner up award was presented to Andy Doldisson for his 20 years of work as a bushcare volunteer, replanting and regenerating the shores of Drummoyne and Five Dock.
- He has even begun winning commissions from Foster, including a plan to regenerate a site at Elephant and Castle in south London.
- Everyone goes on about regenerating the area but no one is making it easier for young people who want to remain here to stay.
- The excitement created by an arena will boost and help regenerate the whole borough.
Synonyms
revive, revitalize, renew, restore, breathe new life into, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, reawaken, rekindle, kick-start, uplift, change radically, improve, amend
reorganize, reconstruct, renovate, overhaul
informal give a shot in the arm to
1. 2.1 Bring into renewed existence; generate again.
  使恢复；重新产生
  the issue was regenerated last month
  上个月这一版次又重印了。
2. 2.2 (especially in Christian use) give a new and higher spiritual nature to.
  （尤用于基督教）使（精神）重生，使新生
  he believed that it was possible to regenerate people
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the moment the penitent believer is lowered into the water, the Spirit is very much at work in renewing, regenerating, and incorporating us into the Body of Christ.
  If God is going to choose and regenerate a person spiritually then why do we need to share the gospel with others?
  Fulfillment of these three virtues enables monastics to witness the beauty of being, regenerated in the light of God's love.
  Since children are regenerated even before birth, it is really the church and society, as guided by the church, that rightfully lead the way in their education.
  Even though we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God, redeemed by the atoning work of Christ, and adopted as children of our heavenly Father, we still, so long as we draw breath in this world, have the residue of sin within us.
  Only a supernatural act, a work of God's grace, can regenerate those people, which is everyone.
  But one thing I know - that I have been regenerated.
  Since believers are regenerated into new creatures that have hearts that love God, sin must come from another source.
  He had been kept by two factors - he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God and he heard Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach on his regular sorties into Wales.
  So let's not limit God - he can regenerate the spirit of a person using whichever means he chooses.
  The Word must have a central place - for by it God regenerates sinners and reaffirms his authority over men.
  On the one hand he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God, and so was being taught by God.
  So the significance of these NT saints is not that they eventually professed faith in Christ but that Edwards says they were regenerated before they made that explicit profession.
  In what respects does the way God regenerates us resemble and differ from the way we regenerate ourselves?
3usually as adjective regeneratedChemistry
Precipitate (a natural polymer, especially cellulose or a protein) as fibres following chemical processing.
〔化〕使（天然聚合物）再生
regenerated cellulose
Example sentencesExamples
- At the same time they would like to regenerate the sulfuric acid to minimize costs.
- In a series of transformations, the four-carbon compound is regenerated, carbon dioxide is released, and ATP, NADH, and FADH 2 are formed.
- Since silica can only limit diatoms, other forms of phytoplankton might dominate if nitrogen is regenerated more rapidly.
- If the phosphorylated enzyme contains methyl or ethyl groups, the enzyme is regenerated in several hours by hydrolysis.
- The catalytic enzyme is regenerated after each activation and able to react anew with additional prodrug molecules.

adjective rɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rətrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rət

Reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual or moral sense.
（精神或道德方面）重生的，新生的
he was not truly regenerate
Example sentencesExamples
- Obedience does not merit justification, but it does flow from the regenerate hearts of those who have been justified.
- Did Edwards believe Socrates and Plato were regenerate?
- Sadly, churchgoers are not necessarily the same thing as regenerate believers, even if numbered in thousands in a particular locality.
- Once again we see that Edwards is suggesting instances where a person can be regenerate before conversion to an explicit knowledge of Christ.
- Believers, regenerate persons, who believe in Him, and rely on Him, have put on Christ.
- The church is not a household of only the regenerate, but is rather a household of all those under covenant obligation.
- The new charismatic fellowships have warm fellowship and regenerate church membership.
- Gospel preaching is God's ordained way of reaching men and women, regenerate or unregenerate.
- What natural men need is regeneration, and what the regenerate need is to be edified in the faith.
- Among other things, this statement teaches explicitly that regenerate believers can be lost due to sin, which is of course contrary to the whole concept of salvation by grace alone.
- The size of the regenerate church is probably less than 2% of the population.
- This new sense opens the eyes of the regenerate saint to see and understand divine things in a way that had been impossible for him before his conversion.
- Original sin, he said, turned the human heart into a fomes peccati (tinderbox or powder keg of sin), operative at all times, even in the regenerate.
- Engelsma also rejected the charge in a listener's question that the Protestant Reformed person seeks to determine whether a person is regenerate before reaching out to them.

Derivatives

regenerator

noun rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtərəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪdər

Gearing up for the Rotary Park Restoration Walk next Saturday are bush regenerators Graham Read, Rosemary Joseph and Dennis Sellars with Cr Frank Swientek.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mr Winter said: ‘If the project comes to fruition it will be a marvellous regenerator for the community and a wonderful opportunity for the young people of Thorne.’
- Dave Meneer, marketing director of The Eden Project, said: ‘One of the key objectives for us and our funders was that we quickly became an economic regenerator for the local community and that we delivered for the wider region too.’
- Although it will work over any single mode fiber where EDFAs are spaced no more than 100 km apart, an OptiMight network does require signal conditioners every 400 km instead of OEO regenerators.
- Duo-Derm Oil contains essential oils of lavender and frankincense which are powerful skin regenerators.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus 'created again', past participle of regenerare, from re- 'again' + generare 'create'. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

Rhymes

degenerate

Definition of regenerate in US English:

regenerate

verbrəˈjenəˌrātrəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt

[with object]

1(of a living organism) regrow (new tissue) to replace lost or injured tissue.
（活生物体）重新生长出（新组织）（取代失去或受损组织）
a crab in the process of regenerating a claw
正在重长螯的螃蟹。
Example sentencesExamples
- These cells change their ultimate destiny, or fate, as the disc regenerates tissue so that, for example, instead of regenerating leg structures they form wing structures.
- The studies suggest that only embryonic cells have the potential to regenerate diseased tissues.
- The drug, called Tissuegene-C, is used to treat degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, by helping regenerate cartilage in joints.
- It generally takes up to a week for your eye to regenerate the surface tissue that was removed.
- What happens in this disorder is that wherever you get a bruise or a wound, instead of normal cells moving in to regenerate the skin and the flesh and heal the wound, bone forms.
- Finally, cell fusion events appear to be one of the mechanisms by which adult stem cells regenerate certain tissues.
- Fish and amphibians can regenerate optic nerve tissue, so Benowitz and his colleagues examined goldfish and found two compounds essential to this process.
- Glucosamine is thought to be chondroprotective, as well as an agent that restores cartilage by providing the material needed for chondrocytes to regenerate cartilage tissue.
- The length of the cycle is variable and determined by time of year, nutritional status, and other factors including whether or not the animal is regenerating a limb.
- We are multicellular organisms that regenerate some of our cells continuously.
- But just why some animals can regenerate while others are unable to do so is not clear.
- ‘The idea is that maybe in adults you can reactivate the pathway to regenerate tissues,’ he explains.
- Of practical interest to humans, said Carroll, is the salamander's ability to regenerate limbs.
- A large fraction of these embryos aborted on the germination medium and were not able to regenerate plantlets.
- Even more important, why can't we regenerate tissue to repair damaged organs like our heart or lungs?
- They could quickly regenerate their missing limbs, and whatever had fallen off was still usable.
- Scientists have long known that bone marrow stem cells regenerate blood cells.
- If humans could undo differentiation, though, doctors might not have to hunt for rare and elusive stem cells within the body or try to force stem cells from one tissue to regenerate tissue of another type.
- Murry is using embryonic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue.
1. 1.1no object (of an organ or tissue) regrow.
  （器官或组织）再生，重长
  once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate
  一旦遭到破坏，脑细胞不会再生。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The donor's liver usually regenerates completely in about 12 months, but concerns remain over the risks of the resection and possible complications such as anastomotic strictures or leaks.
  New biomaterials could regenerate and repair human tissues.
  Reinnervation is the process in which damaged nerves regenerate.
  Only a few years ago, the concept of blood cells transmuting into lung cells would have been no less heretical because it was widely accepted that the human lung had a limited capacity to grow and regenerate.
  The point is that once upon a time we didn't think that brains could regenerate.
  Debriding the devitalized tissue will allow the underlying healthy tissue to regenerate.
  The vet told me that she thought this was primarily about the cat not eating and that if I could force feed her, her liver would regenerate and she'd probably be okay.
  Studies have shown that mammalian cells appear to maintain the pathways required for tissues to regenerate.
  On this medium, somatic embryos regenerated from the calli.
  A liver transplant would offer an 85 per cent success rate for curing Amy's condition, and could come from a child or part of an adult, as it is possible to split a liver and for the organ to regenerate.
  Goldfish retinal axons are able to regenerate and grow over isolated fish oligodendrocytes in vitro.
  By the time the cast is removed the tendon has regenerated to a proper length.
  Now that scientists understand that brain cells can regenerate, there may finally be a glimmer of hope in treating the horrible ailments that destroy them.
  Fortunately, skin regenerates constantly, which is the reason why the strategy of eliminating some cells is a good one.
  It is possible to split the liver into two segments that can be shared between two recipients because the liver regenerates.
  Implanted epithelium regenerates unevenly postoperatively, creating clumps of epithelial tissue under the flap.
  The researchers identified and harvested stem cells from the brains of adult mice and encouraged them to grow by mimicking the way the brain naturally regenerates.
  Estrogen may also greatly decrease a woman's risk for Alzheimer's disease by helping neurons grow and regenerate and decreasing inflammation.
  Because the tendon must regenerate, the rehab period can last from four to nine months.
  She is using biodegradable polymers, basically specialty plastics, to help severed nerves regenerate and reconnect cell by cell.
2. 1.2 Bring into renewed existence; generate again.
  使恢复；重新产生
  the issue was regenerated last month
  上个月这一版次又重印了。
3. 1.3 Bring new and more vigorous life to (an area or institution), especially in economic terms; revive.
  （尤指在经济方面）复兴，重建（地区或机构）
  regenerating the inner cities
  改造市中心贫民区。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It will help regenerate the area and bring in vast numbers of visitors who will boost the borough's economy.
  The excitement created by an arena will boost and help regenerate the whole borough.
  He said this showed the system was slow and didn't adequately recognise the impact commercial development can have in regenerating run-down areas.
  The government's plans to regenerate the area were announced in March last year by Tony Blair and John Prescott.
  This year she was put in charge of the government's agency for regenerating brownfield sites in England, while running an internet publishing company.
  Plans to regenerate the graveyard at Heaton Baptist church are being put into action by a group of Bradford residents fighting to protect the Victorian cemetery.
  The runner up award was presented to Andy Doldisson for his 20 years of work as a bushcare volunteer, replanting and regenerating the shores of Drummoyne and Five Dock.
  But we must continually regenerate ourselves to remain successful in an increasingly competitive environment.
  The skate park is part of overall plans to regenerate the park and the idea came out of a public meeting two years ago to find out what people using the park wanted.
  Longer term there were plans to regenerate the area with residential, retail and leisure developments.
  The publication of the Gambling Bill has been accompanied by claims that new casinos will regenerate rundown areas and be good for the economy.
  And it would release an area of land which could help regenerate the town centre.
  We are supposed to be regenerating an area which fell victim to violent rioters!
  Everyone goes on about regenerating the area but no one is making it easier for young people who want to remain here to stay.
  He praises the government for putting in money to regenerate the area.
  We're contributing to the local economy and the school population, and regenerating the rural area.
  He has even begun winning commissions from Foster, including a plan to regenerate a site at Elephant and Castle in south London.
  Won't ordinary people benefit if the Olympics come to London and areas are regenerated?
  Yorkshire miners facing redundancy are set to benefit from an £11m Government package to help them find another job and regenerate the area.
  A spokeswoman for Sheffield Council said the overall aim was to regenerate the area by demolishing housing in a poor condition in areas of deepening social exclusion.
  Synonyms
  revive, revitalize, renew, restore, breathe new life into, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, reawaken, rekindle, kick-start, uplift, change radically, improve, amend
4. 1.4 (especially in Christian use) give a new and higher spiritual nature to.
  （尤用于基督教）使（精神）重生，使新生
  Example sentencesExamples
  If God is going to choose and regenerate a person spiritually then why do we need to share the gospel with others?
  Fulfillment of these three virtues enables monastics to witness the beauty of being, regenerated in the light of God's love.
  Only a supernatural act, a work of God's grace, can regenerate those people, which is everyone.
  Even though we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God, redeemed by the atoning work of Christ, and adopted as children of our heavenly Father, we still, so long as we draw breath in this world, have the residue of sin within us.
  But one thing I know - that I have been regenerated.
  The Word must have a central place - for by it God regenerates sinners and reaffirms his authority over men.
  So the significance of these NT saints is not that they eventually professed faith in Christ but that Edwards says they were regenerated before they made that explicit profession.
  Since children are regenerated even before birth, it is really the church and society, as guided by the church, that rightfully lead the way in their education.
  So let's not limit God - he can regenerate the spirit of a person using whichever means he chooses.
  At the moment the penitent believer is lowered into the water, the Spirit is very much at work in renewing, regenerating, and incorporating us into the Body of Christ.
  Since believers are regenerated into new creatures that have hearts that love God, sin must come from another source.
  On the one hand he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God, and so was being taught by God.
  He had been kept by two factors - he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God and he heard Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach on his regular sorties into Wales.
  In what respects does the way God regenerates us resemble and differ from the way we regenerate ourselves?
5. 1.5usually as adjective regeneratedChemistry Precipitate (a natural polymer such as cellulose) in a different form following chemical processing, especially in the form of fibers.
  〔化〕使（天然聚合物）再生
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a series of transformations, the four-carbon compound is regenerated, carbon dioxide is released, and ATP, NADH, and FADH 2 are formed.
  Since silica can only limit diatoms, other forms of phytoplankton might dominate if nitrogen is regenerated more rapidly.
  If the phosphorylated enzyme contains methyl or ethyl groups, the enzyme is regenerated in several hours by hydrolysis.
  At the same time they would like to regenerate the sulfuric acid to minimize costs.
  The catalytic enzyme is regenerated after each activation and able to react anew with additional prodrug molecules.

adjectiverəˈjen(ə)rətrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rət

Reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual or moral sense.
（精神或道德方面）重生的，新生的
Example sentencesExamples
- Did Edwards believe Socrates and Plato were regenerate?
- Sadly, churchgoers are not necessarily the same thing as regenerate believers, even if numbered in thousands in a particular locality.
- Gospel preaching is God's ordained way of reaching men and women, regenerate or unregenerate.
- This new sense opens the eyes of the regenerate saint to see and understand divine things in a way that had been impossible for him before his conversion.
- Engelsma also rejected the charge in a listener's question that the Protestant Reformed person seeks to determine whether a person is regenerate before reaching out to them.
- Among other things, this statement teaches explicitly that regenerate believers can be lost due to sin, which is of course contrary to the whole concept of salvation by grace alone.
- The size of the regenerate church is probably less than 2% of the population.
- Obedience does not merit justification, but it does flow from the regenerate hearts of those who have been justified.
- Believers, regenerate persons, who believe in Him, and rely on Him, have put on Christ.
- The new charismatic fellowships have warm fellowship and regenerate church membership.
- Original sin, he said, turned the human heart into a fomes peccati (tinderbox or powder keg of sin), operative at all times, even in the regenerate.
- What natural men need is regeneration, and what the regenerate need is to be edified in the faith.
- The church is not a household of only the regenerate, but is rather a household of all those under covenant obligation.
- Once again we see that Edwards is suggesting instances where a person can be regenerate before conversion to an explicit knowledge of Christ.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus ‘created again’, past participle of regenerare, from re- ‘again’ + generare ‘create’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

单词	regenerate
释义	Definition of regenerate in English: regenerate verb rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtrəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt [with object] 1(of a living organism) grow (new tissue) after loss or damage. （活生物体）重新生长出（新组织）（取代失去或受损组织） the lizard has to find the wherewithal to regenerate its tail Example sentencesExamples Murry is using embryonic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue. ‘The idea is that maybe in adults you can reactivate the pathway to regenerate tissues,’ he explains. Glucosamine is thought to be chondroprotective, as well as an agent that restores cartilage by providing the material needed for chondrocytes to regenerate cartilage tissue. Of practical interest to humans, said Carroll, is the salamander's ability to regenerate limbs. Even more important, why can't we regenerate tissue to repair damaged organs like our heart or lungs? Finally, cell fusion events appear to be one of the mechanisms by which adult stem cells regenerate certain tissues. If humans could undo differentiation, though, doctors might not have to hunt for rare and elusive stem cells within the body or try to force stem cells from one tissue to regenerate tissue of another type. These cells change their ultimate destiny, or fate, as the disc regenerates tissue so that, for example, instead of regenerating leg structures they form wing structures. The length of the cycle is variable and determined by time of year, nutritional status, and other factors including whether or not the animal is regenerating a limb. The drug, called Tissuegene-C, is used to treat degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, by helping regenerate cartilage in joints. Fish and amphibians can regenerate optic nerve tissue, so Benowitz and his colleagues examined goldfish and found two compounds essential to this process. A large fraction of these embryos aborted on the germination medium and were not able to regenerate plantlets. It generally takes up to a week for your eye to regenerate the surface tissue that was removed. We are multicellular organisms that regenerate some of our cells continuously. The studies suggest that only embryonic cells have the potential to regenerate diseased tissues. What happens in this disorder is that wherever you get a bruise or a wound, instead of normal cells moving in to regenerate the skin and the flesh and heal the wound, bone forms. But just why some animals can regenerate while others are unable to do so is not clear. They could quickly regenerate their missing limbs, and whatever had fallen off was still usable. Scientists have long known that bone marrow stem cells regenerate blood cells. 1.1no object (of an organ or tissue) grow again. （器官或组织）再生，重长 once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate 一旦遭到破坏，脑细胞不会再生。 Example sentencesExamples The donor's liver usually regenerates completely in about 12 months, but concerns remain over the risks of the resection and possible complications such as anastomotic strictures or leaks. It is possible to split the liver into two segments that can be shared between two recipients because the liver regenerates. Studies have shown that mammalian cells appear to maintain the pathways required for tissues to regenerate. She is using biodegradable polymers, basically specialty plastics, to help severed nerves regenerate and reconnect cell by cell. The point is that once upon a time we didn't think that brains could regenerate. The researchers identified and harvested stem cells from the brains of adult mice and encouraged them to grow by mimicking the way the brain naturally regenerates. Reinnervation is the process in which damaged nerves regenerate. Implanted epithelium regenerates unevenly postoperatively, creating clumps of epithelial tissue under the flap. The vet told me that she thought this was primarily about the cat not eating and that if I could force feed her, her liver would regenerate and she'd probably be okay. Goldfish retinal axons are able to regenerate and grow over isolated fish oligodendrocytes in vitro. A liver transplant would offer an 85 per cent success rate for curing Amy's condition, and could come from a child or part of an adult, as it is possible to split a liver and for the organ to regenerate. Estrogen may also greatly decrease a woman's risk for Alzheimer's disease by helping neurons grow and regenerate and decreasing inflammation. Because the tendon must regenerate, the rehab period can last from four to nine months. New biomaterials could regenerate and repair human tissues. On this medium, somatic embryos regenerated from the calli. By the time the cast is removed the tendon has regenerated to a proper length. Only a few years ago, the concept of blood cells transmuting into lung cells would have been no less heretical because it was widely accepted that the human lung had a limited capacity to grow and regenerate. Debriding the devitalized tissue will allow the underlying healthy tissue to regenerate. Fortunately, skin regenerates constantly, which is the reason why the strategy of eliminating some cells is a good one. Now that scientists understand that brain cells can regenerate, there may finally be a glimmer of hope in treating the horrible ailments that destroy them. 2Bring new and more vigorous life to (an area, industry, institution, etc.); revive, especially in economic terms. （尤指在经济方面）复兴，重建（地区或机构） the money will be used to regenerate the heart of the town Example sentencesExamples A spokeswoman for Sheffield Council said the overall aim was to regenerate the area by demolishing housing in a poor condition in areas of deepening social exclusion. This year she was put in charge of the government's agency for regenerating brownfield sites in England, while running an internet publishing company. Won't ordinary people benefit if the Olympics come to London and areas are regenerated? He praises the government for putting in money to regenerate the area. Yorkshire miners facing redundancy are set to benefit from an £11m Government package to help them find another job and regenerate the area. But we must continually regenerate ourselves to remain successful in an increasingly competitive environment. And it would release an area of land which could help regenerate the town centre. We are supposed to be regenerating an area which fell victim to violent rioters! Plans to regenerate the graveyard at Heaton Baptist church are being put into action by a group of Bradford residents fighting to protect the Victorian cemetery. It will help regenerate the area and bring in vast numbers of visitors who will boost the borough's economy. The publication of the Gambling Bill has been accompanied by claims that new casinos will regenerate rundown areas and be good for the economy. The government's plans to regenerate the area were announced in March last year by Tony Blair and John Prescott. The skate park is part of overall plans to regenerate the park and the idea came out of a public meeting two years ago to find out what people using the park wanted. Longer term there were plans to regenerate the area with residential, retail and leisure developments. We're contributing to the local economy and the school population, and regenerating the rural area. He said this showed the system was slow and didn't adequately recognise the impact commercial development can have in regenerating run-down areas. The runner up award was presented to Andy Doldisson for his 20 years of work as a bushcare volunteer, replanting and regenerating the shores of Drummoyne and Five Dock. He has even begun winning commissions from Foster, including a plan to regenerate a site at Elephant and Castle in south London. Everyone goes on about regenerating the area but no one is making it easier for young people who want to remain here to stay. The excitement created by an arena will boost and help regenerate the whole borough. Synonyms revive, revitalize, renew, restore, breathe new life into, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, reawaken, rekindle, kick-start, uplift, change radically, improve, amend reorganize, reconstruct, renovate, overhaul informal give a shot in the arm to 2.1 Bring into renewed existence; generate again. 使恢复；重新产生 the issue was regenerated last month 上个月这一版次又重印了。 2.2 (especially in Christian use) give a new and higher spiritual nature to. （尤用于基督教）使（精神）重生，使新生 he believed that it was possible to regenerate people Example sentencesExamples At the moment the penitent believer is lowered into the water, the Spirit is very much at work in renewing, regenerating, and incorporating us into the Body of Christ. If God is going to choose and regenerate a person spiritually then why do we need to share the gospel with others? Fulfillment of these three virtues enables monastics to witness the beauty of being, regenerated in the light of God's love. Since children are regenerated even before birth, it is really the church and society, as guided by the church, that rightfully lead the way in their education. Even though we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God, redeemed by the atoning work of Christ, and adopted as children of our heavenly Father, we still, so long as we draw breath in this world, have the residue of sin within us. Only a supernatural act, a work of God's grace, can regenerate those people, which is everyone. But one thing I know - that I have been regenerated. Since believers are regenerated into new creatures that have hearts that love God, sin must come from another source. He had been kept by two factors - he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God and he heard Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach on his regular sorties into Wales. So let's not limit God - he can regenerate the spirit of a person using whichever means he chooses. The Word must have a central place - for by it God regenerates sinners and reaffirms his authority over men. On the one hand he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God, and so was being taught by God. So the significance of these NT saints is not that they eventually professed faith in Christ but that Edwards says they were regenerated before they made that explicit profession. In what respects does the way God regenerates us resemble and differ from the way we regenerate ourselves? 3usually as adjective regeneratedChemistry Precipitate (a natural polymer, especially cellulose or a protein) as fibres following chemical processing. 〔化〕使（天然聚合物）再生 regenerated cellulose Example sentencesExamples At the same time they would like to regenerate the sulfuric acid to minimize costs. In a series of transformations, the four-carbon compound is regenerated, carbon dioxide is released, and ATP, NADH, and FADH 2 are formed. Since silica can only limit diatoms, other forms of phytoplankton might dominate if nitrogen is regenerated more rapidly. If the phosphorylated enzyme contains methyl or ethyl groups, the enzyme is regenerated in several hours by hydrolysis. The catalytic enzyme is regenerated after each activation and able to react anew with additional prodrug molecules. adjective rɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rətrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rət Reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual or moral sense. （精神或道德方面）重生的，新生的 he was not truly regenerate Example sentencesExamples Obedience does not merit justification, but it does flow from the regenerate hearts of those who have been justified. Did Edwards believe Socrates and Plato were regenerate? Sadly, churchgoers are not necessarily the same thing as regenerate believers, even if numbered in thousands in a particular locality. Once again we see that Edwards is suggesting instances where a person can be regenerate before conversion to an explicit knowledge of Christ. Believers, regenerate persons, who believe in Him, and rely on Him, have put on Christ. The church is not a household of only the regenerate, but is rather a household of all those under covenant obligation. The new charismatic fellowships have warm fellowship and regenerate church membership. Gospel preaching is God's ordained way of reaching men and women, regenerate or unregenerate. What natural men need is regeneration, and what the regenerate need is to be edified in the faith. Among other things, this statement teaches explicitly that regenerate believers can be lost due to sin, which is of course contrary to the whole concept of salvation by grace alone. The size of the regenerate church is probably less than 2% of the population. This new sense opens the eyes of the regenerate saint to see and understand divine things in a way that had been impossible for him before his conversion. Original sin, he said, turned the human heart into a fomes peccati (tinderbox or powder keg of sin), operative at all times, even in the regenerate. Engelsma also rejected the charge in a listener's question that the Protestant Reformed person seeks to determine whether a person is regenerate before reaching out to them. Derivatives regenerator noun rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtərəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪdər Gearing up for the Rotary Park Restoration Walk next Saturday are bush regenerators Graham Read, Rosemary Joseph and Dennis Sellars with Cr Frank Swientek. Example sentencesExamples Mr Winter said: ‘If the project comes to fruition it will be a marvellous regenerator for the community and a wonderful opportunity for the young people of Thorne.’ Dave Meneer, marketing director of The Eden Project, said: ‘One of the key objectives for us and our funders was that we quickly became an economic regenerator for the local community and that we delivered for the wider region too.’ Although it will work over any single mode fiber where EDFAs are spaced no more than 100 km apart, an OptiMight network does require signal conditioners every 400 km instead of OEO regenerators. Duo-Derm Oil contains essential oils of lavender and frankincense which are powerful skin regenerators. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus 'created again', past participle of regenerare, from re- 'again' + generare 'create'. The verb dates from the mid 16th century. Rhymes degenerate Definition of regenerate in US English: regenerate verbrəˈjenəˌrātrəˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt [with object] 1(of a living organism) regrow (new tissue) to replace lost or injured tissue. （活生物体）重新生长出（新组织）（取代失去或受损组织） a crab in the process of regenerating a claw 正在重长螯的螃蟹。 Example sentencesExamples These cells change their ultimate destiny, or fate, as the disc regenerates tissue so that, for example, instead of regenerating leg structures they form wing structures. The studies suggest that only embryonic cells have the potential to regenerate diseased tissues. The drug, called Tissuegene-C, is used to treat degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis, by helping regenerate cartilage in joints. It generally takes up to a week for your eye to regenerate the surface tissue that was removed. What happens in this disorder is that wherever you get a bruise or a wound, instead of normal cells moving in to regenerate the skin and the flesh and heal the wound, bone forms. Finally, cell fusion events appear to be one of the mechanisms by which adult stem cells regenerate certain tissues. Fish and amphibians can regenerate optic nerve tissue, so Benowitz and his colleagues examined goldfish and found two compounds essential to this process. Glucosamine is thought to be chondroprotective, as well as an agent that restores cartilage by providing the material needed for chondrocytes to regenerate cartilage tissue. The length of the cycle is variable and determined by time of year, nutritional status, and other factors including whether or not the animal is regenerating a limb. We are multicellular organisms that regenerate some of our cells continuously. But just why some animals can regenerate while others are unable to do so is not clear. ‘The idea is that maybe in adults you can reactivate the pathway to regenerate tissues,’ he explains. Of practical interest to humans, said Carroll, is the salamander's ability to regenerate limbs. A large fraction of these embryos aborted on the germination medium and were not able to regenerate plantlets. Even more important, why can't we regenerate tissue to repair damaged organs like our heart or lungs? They could quickly regenerate their missing limbs, and whatever had fallen off was still usable. Scientists have long known that bone marrow stem cells regenerate blood cells. If humans could undo differentiation, though, doctors might not have to hunt for rare and elusive stem cells within the body or try to force stem cells from one tissue to regenerate tissue of another type. Murry is using embryonic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue. 1.1no object (of an organ or tissue) regrow. （器官或组织）再生，重长 once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate 一旦遭到破坏，脑细胞不会再生。 Example sentencesExamples The donor's liver usually regenerates completely in about 12 months, but concerns remain over the risks of the resection and possible complications such as anastomotic strictures or leaks. New biomaterials could regenerate and repair human tissues. Reinnervation is the process in which damaged nerves regenerate. Only a few years ago, the concept of blood cells transmuting into lung cells would have been no less heretical because it was widely accepted that the human lung had a limited capacity to grow and regenerate. The point is that once upon a time we didn't think that brains could regenerate. Debriding the devitalized tissue will allow the underlying healthy tissue to regenerate. The vet told me that she thought this was primarily about the cat not eating and that if I could force feed her, her liver would regenerate and she'd probably be okay. Studies have shown that mammalian cells appear to maintain the pathways required for tissues to regenerate. On this medium, somatic embryos regenerated from the calli. A liver transplant would offer an 85 per cent success rate for curing Amy's condition, and could come from a child or part of an adult, as it is possible to split a liver and for the organ to regenerate. Goldfish retinal axons are able to regenerate and grow over isolated fish oligodendrocytes in vitro. By the time the cast is removed the tendon has regenerated to a proper length. Now that scientists understand that brain cells can regenerate, there may finally be a glimmer of hope in treating the horrible ailments that destroy them. Fortunately, skin regenerates constantly, which is the reason why the strategy of eliminating some cells is a good one. It is possible to split the liver into two segments that can be shared between two recipients because the liver regenerates. Implanted epithelium regenerates unevenly postoperatively, creating clumps of epithelial tissue under the flap. The researchers identified and harvested stem cells from the brains of adult mice and encouraged them to grow by mimicking the way the brain naturally regenerates. Estrogen may also greatly decrease a woman's risk for Alzheimer's disease by helping neurons grow and regenerate and decreasing inflammation. Because the tendon must regenerate, the rehab period can last from four to nine months. She is using biodegradable polymers, basically specialty plastics, to help severed nerves regenerate and reconnect cell by cell. 1.2 Bring into renewed existence; generate again. 使恢复；重新产生 the issue was regenerated last month 上个月这一版次又重印了。 1.3 Bring new and more vigorous life to (an area or institution), especially in economic terms; revive. （尤指在经济方面）复兴，重建（地区或机构） regenerating the inner cities 改造市中心贫民区。 Example sentencesExamples It will help regenerate the area and bring in vast numbers of visitors who will boost the borough's economy. The excitement created by an arena will boost and help regenerate the whole borough. He said this showed the system was slow and didn't adequately recognise the impact commercial development can have in regenerating run-down areas. The government's plans to regenerate the area were announced in March last year by Tony Blair and John Prescott. This year she was put in charge of the government's agency for regenerating brownfield sites in England, while running an internet publishing company. Plans to regenerate the graveyard at Heaton Baptist church are being put into action by a group of Bradford residents fighting to protect the Victorian cemetery. The runner up award was presented to Andy Doldisson for his 20 years of work as a bushcare volunteer, replanting and regenerating the shores of Drummoyne and Five Dock. But we must continually regenerate ourselves to remain successful in an increasingly competitive environment. The skate park is part of overall plans to regenerate the park and the idea came out of a public meeting two years ago to find out what people using the park wanted. Longer term there were plans to regenerate the area with residential, retail and leisure developments. The publication of the Gambling Bill has been accompanied by claims that new casinos will regenerate rundown areas and be good for the economy. And it would release an area of land which could help regenerate the town centre. We are supposed to be regenerating an area which fell victim to violent rioters! Everyone goes on about regenerating the area but no one is making it easier for young people who want to remain here to stay. He praises the government for putting in money to regenerate the area. We're contributing to the local economy and the school population, and regenerating the rural area. He has even begun winning commissions from Foster, including a plan to regenerate a site at Elephant and Castle in south London. Won't ordinary people benefit if the Olympics come to London and areas are regenerated? Yorkshire miners facing redundancy are set to benefit from an £11m Government package to help them find another job and regenerate the area. A spokeswoman for Sheffield Council said the overall aim was to regenerate the area by demolishing housing in a poor condition in areas of deepening social exclusion. Synonyms revive, revitalize, renew, restore, breathe new life into, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, reawaken, rekindle, kick-start, uplift, change radically, improve, amend 1.4 (especially in Christian use) give a new and higher spiritual nature to. （尤用于基督教）使（精神）重生，使新生 Example sentencesExamples If God is going to choose and regenerate a person spiritually then why do we need to share the gospel with others? Fulfillment of these three virtues enables monastics to witness the beauty of being, regenerated in the light of God's love. Only a supernatural act, a work of God's grace, can regenerate those people, which is everyone. Even though we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God, redeemed by the atoning work of Christ, and adopted as children of our heavenly Father, we still, so long as we draw breath in this world, have the residue of sin within us. But one thing I know - that I have been regenerated. The Word must have a central place - for by it God regenerates sinners and reaffirms his authority over men. So the significance of these NT saints is not that they eventually professed faith in Christ but that Edwards says they were regenerated before they made that explicit profession. Since children are regenerated even before birth, it is really the church and society, as guided by the church, that rightfully lead the way in their education. So let's not limit God - he can regenerate the spirit of a person using whichever means he chooses. At the moment the penitent believer is lowered into the water, the Spirit is very much at work in renewing, regenerating, and incorporating us into the Body of Christ. Since believers are regenerated into new creatures that have hearts that love God, sin must come from another source. On the one hand he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God, and so was being taught by God. He had been kept by two factors - he had been regenerated by the Spirit of God and he heard Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach on his regular sorties into Wales. In what respects does the way God regenerates us resemble and differ from the way we regenerate ourselves? 1.5usually as adjective regeneratedChemistry Precipitate (a natural polymer such as cellulose) in a different form following chemical processing, especially in the form of fibers. 〔化〕使（天然聚合物）再生 Example sentencesExamples In a series of transformations, the four-carbon compound is regenerated, carbon dioxide is released, and ATP, NADH, and FADH 2 are formed. Since silica can only limit diatoms, other forms of phytoplankton might dominate if nitrogen is regenerated more rapidly. If the phosphorylated enzyme contains methyl or ethyl groups, the enzyme is regenerated in several hours by hydrolysis. At the same time they would like to regenerate the sulfuric acid to minimize costs. The catalytic enzyme is regenerated after each activation and able to react anew with additional prodrug molecules. adjectiverəˈjen(ə)rətrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rət Reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual or moral sense. （精神或道德方面）重生的，新生的 Example sentencesExamples Did Edwards believe Socrates and Plato were regenerate? Sadly, churchgoers are not necessarily the same thing as regenerate believers, even if numbered in thousands in a particular locality. Gospel preaching is God's ordained way of reaching men and women, regenerate or unregenerate. This new sense opens the eyes of the regenerate saint to see and understand divine things in a way that had been impossible for him before his conversion. Engelsma also rejected the charge in a listener's question that the Protestant Reformed person seeks to determine whether a person is regenerate before reaching out to them. Among other things, this statement teaches explicitly that regenerate believers can be lost due to sin, which is of course contrary to the whole concept of salvation by grace alone. The size of the regenerate church is probably less than 2% of the population. Obedience does not merit justification, but it does flow from the regenerate hearts of those who have been justified. Believers, regenerate persons, who believe in Him, and rely on Him, have put on Christ. The new charismatic fellowships have warm fellowship and regenerate church membership. Original sin, he said, turned the human heart into a fomes peccati (tinderbox or powder keg of sin), operative at all times, even in the regenerate. What natural men need is regeneration, and what the regenerate need is to be edified in the faith. The church is not a household of only the regenerate, but is rather a household of all those under covenant obligation. Once again we see that Edwards is suggesting instances where a person can be regenerate before conversion to an explicit knowledge of Christ. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus ‘created again’, past participle of regenerare, from re- ‘again’ + generare ‘create’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.
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