rejuvenate

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re·ju·ve·nate /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1 EFFECTIVEto make something work much better or become much better again 使〔某事物〕變得更有活力；使〔某事物〕恢複活力

plans to rejuvenate the inner city areas

舊城區複興計劃

2 STRONG PERSONto make someone look or feel young and strong again 使〔某人〕變得年輕；使〔某人〕恢複活力

I came back from holiday feeling rejuvenated.

我度假回來，感到恢複了活力。

n Grammar

Rejuvenate is usually passive in this meaning.

—rejuvenation /rɪˌdʒuːvəˈneɪʃən/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

rejuvenate• After a workout, I feel rejuvenated.• Their vacations would be ruined, but their world would be rejuvenated.• But the beginning of a second term is a perfect time for a rejuvenating administration shake-up.• However, Mr Yeltsin, rejuvenated by victory, is in no mood for compromise.• Within a minute or so you have one fully rejuvenated disk drive, hopefully.• But the channels may alter the water drainage pattern in the dry area and help to rejuvenate it, he said.• Mr. Maynard has an excellent chance to rejuvenate the Tribune.

From Longman Business Dictionary

rejuvenatere·ju·ve·nate /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

to make a company, product, market etc successful again, for example by changing it or by introducing something new

He has shown an ability to rejuvenate ailing companies.

Even lower rates won’t be enough torejuvenate the economy.

Origin rejuvenate

(1800-1900) Latin juvenis “young”

re·ju·ve·nate verb →n GRAMMAR1

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