revive
/rɪˈvaɪv/ (bre, ipa) · /rɪˈvaɪv/ (ame, ipa) · /ri-ˈvīv/ (ame, mw)
revive — verb
- revivepresent simple I / you / we / they
- reviveshe / she / it
- revivedpast simple
- reviving-ing form
1. to wake up and return to a healthy condition after being unconscious, very weak,
to wake up and return to a healthy condition after being unconscious, very weak, or sick; or to make someone do this. The word is also used when something inactive or unsuccessful starts to be active, popular, or successful again — for example, an old tradition, a struggling business, or a weak economy.
Nellie used a cold cloth to revive her grandfather after he fainted in the heat.
transitive: revive + person after fainting
Sumin revived slowly after the fever broke and she could finally eat again.
The town revived an old summer festival that had not been held for forty years.
Local businesses began to revive after the new train station brought more visitors.
Kabir tried to revive interest in folk music by organizing free concerts at the park.
- resuscitate
more specific and medical — used almost exclusively for restoring someone from unconsciousness or stopped breathing
- restore
broader in range, can apply to physical objects (restore a painting) or conditions (restore order); lacks the 'return from near-death' feel of revive
- revitalize
focuses on giving new energy or strength; more common with places, institutions, or economies than with people
- reinvigorate
slightly more formal than revive; emphasizes restoring energy and enthusiasm to a person, team, or system
- suppress
to stop something from being active or known
- extinguish
to end something completely, especially a feeling or activity
- kill
the direct opposite when life is involved
文法句型
revive + object (transitive)
revive (no object, intransitive)
用法筆記
Revive can be used both transitively (someone revives something or someone) and intransitively (something or someone revives). When the object is a person, it most often refers to restoring consciousness after fainting, shock, or a medical emergency. With inanimate subjects — an economy, a tradition, a business — it means becoming active or popular again after a period of decline.