flare-up

英 [ˈfleər ʌp]

美 [ˈfler ʌp]

n.  (怒气、激烈情绪等的)爆发; 突发; (尤指)复发; 骤燃; 突然发出火焰

复数：flare-ups　

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牛津词典

noun

• （怒气、激烈情绪等的）爆发
  a sudden expression of angry or violent feeling
  1. a flare-up of tension between the two sides
     双方剑拔弩张
• 突发；（尤指）复发
  a sudden painful attack, especially after a period without any problems or pain
• 骤燃；突然发出火焰
  the fact of a fire suddenly starting to burn again more strongly than before
  1. a flare-up of the bushfires
     林区大火的猛燃

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (暴乱或疾病的)突发，突然加剧，突然恶化
  If there is aflare-upof violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
  1. There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
     南非暴力冲突突然加剧。
  2. ...a flare-up in her arthritis.
     她的关节炎突然加重

英英释义

noun

• a sudden intense happening
  1. an outburst of heavy rain
  2. a burst of lightning
  Synonym:outburstburst

双语例句

• The president of the United States has suggested that we use this flare-up as a "teachable moment," but so far exactly the wrong lessons are being drawn from it ─ especially for black people.
  美国总统建议我们利用此事件为一个“有教育意义的时刻”，但是到此为止，只有错误的信息被此事件传递了–特别对黑人来说。
• A flare-up along the border threatened the peace talks.
  边境突发的暴力事件威胁着和谈。
• There was a minor flare-up after the final whistle with several Sunderland players still clearly feeling aggrieved but United's overall performance was worthy of collecting the three points.
  终场哨声吹响时，显然有几个桑德兰球员还是心有不甘。但曼联的表现完全值得这3分。
• China objected to the name changes, and America, anxious to avoid a flare-up between Beijing and Taipei, also discouraged them.
  中国反对去中国化，美国出于避免北京和台北的关系紧张也不赞成。
• Indians in Uganda, however, seem confident that this month's flare-up was an exception, not the rule.
  然而在乌干达的印度人看上去还是坚信本月的冲突只是个例外，并非普遍现象。
• Michael chertoff, the US homeland security secretary, has warned that emotional responses by Congress to security issues, such as the recent flare-up over ports, threaten to damage the nation's economy.
  警告说，美国国会对安全问题的情绪化反应，比如近期在港口问题上的激烈反应，有破坏国家经济的危险。
• The recent flare-up in violence suggests difficult times ahead for what will be Africa's newest country of south Sudan.
  最近暴力形势的升级表明非洲即将诞生的新国家南苏丹将面临非常艰难的形势。
• Fighting has continued nonetheless, with recent weeks seeing a particularly serious flare-up in hostilities.
  然而，战事一直没有停下来，最近几周还出现了敌对行动特别严重的爆发。
• A flare-up between the Philippine and Chinese navies in 2012 over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea spilled over into trade and tourism, with Chinese travel agencies suspending tours.
  2012年菲律宾海军与中国海军在南中国海因领土争端发生对峙，影响了贸易和旅游业，中国旅行社暂停向菲律宾发团。
• The market has forced the Europeans to act over that time through a myriad of scares in the bond and equity markets, with the latest flare-up sending stocks tumbling in August and September.
  期间，市场多次迫使欧洲在一连串的债市和股市恐慌中采取行动，最近一次市场恐慌导致8、9月份股市大跌。