revive
revive — 動詞
- 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,
甦醒；復甦
恢復生命、健康或活躍狀態
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.
Nellie 用一塊冷毛巾讓她在炎熱中昏倒的祖父甦醒過來。
transitive: revive + person after fainting
Sumin revived slowly after the fever broke and she could finally eat again.
Sumin 在退燒後慢慢甦醒，終於又能吃東西了。
The town revived an old summer festival that had not been held for forty years.
鎮上讓一個中斷四十年的夏日節慶重新復甦。
transitive: revive + tradition / event
Local businesses began to revive after the new train station brought more visitors.
新火車站帶來更多遊客後，當地店家開始復甦。
intransitive: revive + economy / business
Kabir tried to revive interest in folk music by organizing free concerts at the park.
Kabir 在公園舉辦免費音樂會，希望能讓大家對民俗音樂的興趣再次復甦。
- revive an economy
- revive a tradition / custom
- revive interest / enthusiasm
- revive a business
- revive a patient
- slowly revive
- revive from fainting / shock
- 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.