rekindle

🇬🇧 UK/.ri:'kindl/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

v.

To revive or renew a feeling, interest, or relationship that had faded; to light again

重新点燃,重新激起

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
kindlestem
=rekindle

Common Collocations

  • 1.rekindle a romance重燃爱火
  • 2.rekindle hope重燃希望
  • 3.rekindle a friendship重续友谊
  • 4.rekindle interest重新激起兴趣

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Traveling together helped the couple rekindle the romance they had lost over the years.

  • 2.

    Reading his old journals rekindled his passion for writing fiction.

  • 3.

    The reunion rekindled friendships that had faded after decades apart.

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