Resuscitate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使复活, 使苏醒
• ［英］ v.使复活, 使苏醒 ( to restore consciousness)
• ［类］ 反义词: extinct ( 灭绝的) -resuscitated ( 复苏的)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +sus ( 在下面) +cit ( 引起) +ate -> 再次从下面唤起来 -> 复活
• ［例］ Withered plants were resuscitated by rain.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-tated; -tating)

• Etymology: Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare to reawaken, from re- + suscitare to rouse, from sub-, sus- up + citare to put in motion, stir — more at sub-, cite
• Date: 1532
• transitive verb
  • to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness; also revitalize
• intransitive verb
  • come to, revive
• ? resuscitation noun
• ? resuscitative adjective

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