dredge up

英 [dredʒ ʌp]

美 [dredʒ ʌp]

忆起; 想起; 翻出，重提（令人不快的往事）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 忆起;想起
  If someonedredges upa piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if theydredge upa distant memory, they manage to remember it.
  1. ...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school...
     试图回想起一些中学时学的法语或德语的美国人
  2. The fragments of memory she dredges up do not fit together.
     她想起的那些支离破碎的片段连不上。
• PHRASAL VERB 翻出,重提(令人不快的往事)
  If someonedredges upa damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it.
  1. I wouldn't want to dredge up the past...
     我不想重提往事。
  2. It's the media who keep dredging it up.
     是媒体一直在翻旧账。

英英释义

verb

• mention something unpleasant from the past
  1. Drag up old stories
  Synonym:drag up

双语例句

• It's the media who keep dredging it up.
  是媒体一直在翻旧账。
• The fragments of memory she dredges up do not fit together.
  她想起的那些支离破碎的片段连不上。
• When we dredge the bottom and bring up the remains of animal and vegetable life we find that they give evidence of not having been disturbed in the least, for hundreds and thousands of years.
  从海底里捞起来的动植物的遗迹，能对我们证明：它们在海底里数百年数千年之久，从来没有受到丝毫扰动过。
• I have a private life too, and I suppose they could dredge up something.
  我本人也有私生活上的问题，我想他们也会捞到一点稻草。
• I wouldn't want to dredge up the past
  我不想重提往事。
• Dredge up Road Potential and Improve Traffic Capability
  挖掘道路潜力提高通行能力
• So I struggled to dredge up the enthusiasm, energy and commitment required this time.
  所以这一次我竭力拿出所需的热情、精神和投入。
• The Moon's conjunction with passionate Pluto in your sign today can dredge up powerful feelings about someone who seems to be standing in your way.
  今天，月亮与充满激情的冥王星在你的星座合相，能够挖掘出你对阻碍你的某人强烈的反感。
• In view of this, the author argues that government cannot let drift while treating the informal finance, cannot exercise restraint in attacking simply either, and should "dredge and stop up" and combine, urge its norm.
  有鉴于此，政府对待民间金融既不可放任自流，也不能一味限制打击，而应当“疏堵”结合、促其规范。
• Unfortunately, it is easy enough for anyone to dredge up bad memories.
  不幸的是，任何一个人勾起不好的回忆总是容易得很。