resurface

Word family

Related topics: Roads, Water

1 [intransitiveI]APPEAR to appear again after being lost or missing 〔遗失或消失后〕重新出现

One of the missing paintings suddenly resurfaced.

其中一幅遗失的画作突然又出现了。

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2 [intransitiveI] if an idea or problem resurfaces, it becomes important again 〔观点或问题〕再次出现

Nationalist tensions have resurfaced here.

民族主义紧张关系又在这里抬头。

3. [transitiveT]TTR to put a new surface on a road 给…重铺路面

4. [intransitiveI]TTWUP to come back up to the surface of the water 重新露出水面

Examples from the Corpus

resurface• After three months of hard work, as the team put together its final recommendations, their initial concerns resurfaced.• Despite this, I felt it would be better to prove myself in basic training before allowing my real personality to resurface.• Now that the portability of the microfilm system makes it an attractive product, the unresolved controversy may resurface.• Now the old image of a mean-spirited Dole immediately resurfaces.• They postpone spending on road repair until the road has to be rebuilt, at three times the cost of simple resurfacing.• The cost of resurfacing a damaged playground is enormous.• The M 1 is perpetually being resurfaced, a task that seems to be as endless as repainting the Forth bridge.• At the same period the alternative church of love resurfaced in the form of Catharism.• Rumors resurfaced that the sale of the company might fall through.

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 15258 COCA: 14009

resurface

To have an effect: shape, impact, affect...

To appear and appearance: appear, resurface, emerge...

To cover something: cover, wrap, coat...