regenerate

英 [rɪˈdʒenəreɪt]

美 [rɪˈdʒenəreɪt]

v.  使振兴; 使复兴; 发展壮大; 再生; 使再生

现在分词：regenerating　过去分词：regenerated　第三人称单数：regenerates　过去式：regenerated　复数：regenerates　

CET6考研TOEFL计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.15197 / COCA.14883

牛津词典

verb

• 使振兴；使复兴；发展壮大
  to make an area, institution, etc. develop and grow strong again
  1. The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town.
     这笔钱将用来发展壮大市镇的商业中心。
• 再生；使再生
  to grow again; to make sth grow again
  1. Once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate.
     脑细胞一旦遭到破坏，就不能再生。
  2. If the woodland is left alone, it will regenerate itself in a few years.
     如果林地不受干扰，几年后，它就会得到更新。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 革新;使复兴;重建
  Toregeneratesomething means to develop and improve it to make it more active, successful, or important, especially after a period when it has been getting worse.
  1. The government will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.
     政府将继续努力重建内城地区。
• V-ERG (使）(器官或肌体组织）再生；(使）再造
  If organs or tissuesregenerateor if somethingregeneratesthem, they heal and grow again after they have been damaged.
  1. Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed...
     如果受到损伤，神经细胞再造的能力有限。
  2. Newts can regenerate their limbs.
     蝾螈的肢体可以再生。

英英释义

verb

• restore strength
  1. This food revitalized the patient
  Synonym:revitalize
• undergo regeneration
• form or produce anew
  1. regenerate hatred
• be formed or shaped anew
• replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue
  1. The snake regenerated its tail
• return to life
  1. The week at the spa restored me
  Synonym:restorerejuvenate
• bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
  1. The Church reformed me
  2. reform your conduct
  Synonym:reformreclaimrectify
• amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit
• reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
  1. We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years
  2. They renewed their membership
  Synonym:renew

adj

• reformed spiritually or morally
  1. a regenerate sinner
  2. regenerate by redemption from error or decay

双语例句

• This creature's tail will regenerate if it is cut off.
  这种动物的尾巴如果被割掉，会再生出来。
• They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent
  他们最终决定通过住房合作社来重建奥米斯顿月牙街。
• But there is no indication that mammals can regenerate hair cells.
  但是，没有迹象表明哺乳动物的毛细胞可以再生。
• Nerve cells have the ability to regenerate in the embryo, but lose the ability as an organism ages.
  神经细胞在胚胎期有再生能力，但成年期后不能再生。
• The project has established nurseries and plantations to regenerate the forest.
  为了林区的更新，该项目建立了苗圃和林场。
• But unlike humans, zebrafish are able to regenerate their damaged hair cells.
  但是，与人类不同的是，斑马鱼的毛细胞在受损后还可以再生。
• Soothe, regenerate, brighten, protect and balance all skin types.
  舒缓，再生，提亮，保护和平衡所有肌肤类型。
• This kind of animal's tail will regenerate if it is cut off.
  这种动物的尾巴如被切除会重新长出来。
• If we can regenerate the brain, that would be interesting.
  如果你能再生大脑，那才是令人感兴趣的事。
• The alien species can regenerate living tissue.
  外星异种可以令有机组织再生。