regenerate

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re·gen·e·rate /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ verb

1 DEVELOP[transitiveT] formal to make something develop and grow strong again 使複興，振興，使恢複

efforts to regenerate the US economy

振興美國經濟的努力

The Marshall Plan sought to regenerate the shattered Europe of 1947.

馬歇爾計劃試圖重建1947年千瘡百孔的歐洲。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] technical to grow again, or make something grow again （使）再生

Small nodules form as the liver cells regenerate.

肝細胞再生時會形成一些小結節。

—regenerative /-nərətɪv/ adjectiveadj

a regenerative process

再生過程

—regeneration /rɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

a new strategy for urban regeneration

城市複興的新策略

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regenerate• Destroyed nerve cells do not regenerate.• Only if you guard the unblemished original can you regenerate a clean copy.• The Ilizarov frame can be used to correct bone deformities, to regenerate bone, and to lengthen limbs.• Alternatively, a single softner operating on a time clock and regenerating during the night may be the best solution.• Given time, the forest will regenerate itself.• These new plants could regenerate quickly, so they took over the ecosystem.• If they are burned they can not regenerate, so fire is the greatest ally of the Troll fighter.• What is the best way of stemming this decline or, even better, of regenerating the economy?• Specifically she develops two areas, feminist theory and liberation theology, as potential candidates to regenerate the social group work movement.

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TOEFL BNC: 15197 COCA: 14883

regenerate

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