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reviver

/ri-vahyv/US // rɪˈvaɪv //UK // (rɪˈvaɪv) //

振兴者,复活者,复兴者,逆转者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    re·vived, re·viv·ing.

    • : to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
    • : to restore to life or consciousness: We revived him with artificial respiration.
    • : to put on or show again.
    • : to make operative or valid again.
    • : to bring back into notice, use, or currency: to revive a subject of discussion.
    • : to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back: to revive memories.
    • : to reanimate or cheer.
    • : Chemistry. to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·vived, re·viv·ing.

    • : to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
    • : to recover from financial depression.
    • : to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
    • : to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
    • : to become operative or valid again.
    • : Chemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.

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Examples

  • She’s now working to revive the entire institution of Native Southern Californian tattooing — not just the markings, but the method of hand-tapping them onto skin and the mix of beliefs and traditions within which they were given.

  • Their bill proposed reviving regulators’ previously stripped authority to analyze Dominion’s books and order rate reductions or refunds.

  • However, outbreaks like the eight cases on the Tennessee Titans just a few weeks into the season are reviving concerns.

  • Some are reviving virtual activities employed in the spring for the fall like offering storytime Zooms or nannies to Zoom with children while employees are in meetings.

  • The new CEO, Johnson, is trying to revive the business through partnerships.

  • He was, especially, a promoter of all good music and an earnest reviver of ancient Scotch melody.

  • Fernand Thesmar is the great reviver of plique--jour enamelling in France.

  • Thomas Rickman, the reviver and historian of Gothic architecture, practised as an architect in Birmingham.

  • It is a striking coincidence, that the same fate was shared by the French reviver; both alike sad examples of disturbed times!

  • He's the new kid reviver and polisher for that University you're runnin' here.