resuscitate
UK/ri'sʌsiteit/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death
使复苏，使苏醒（救活）
v.
To bring something back into use, activity, or strength
使重新活跃，重振，恢复
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre- (again) + sus- (a worn-down sub-, "up from below") + citāre (rouse) = "rouse up from below, all over again." To resuscitate is to call life back up from underneath — re-summon a body that had gone still. The same root that summons a witness here summons a heartbeat.
Root cit still carries 10 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.resuscitate a patient抢救病人
- 2.attempt to resuscitate尝试使其复苏
- 3.resuscitate the economy重振经济
- 4.cardiopulmonary resuscitation心肺复苏（CPR）
Example Sentences
- 1.
Paramedics worked for twenty minutes to resuscitate the drowning man.
- 2.
The new policy aims to resuscitate the country's failing economy.
- 3.
Doctors managed to resuscitate the patient after his heart stopped.