知识点57 ：R字母开头的单词 resuscitate-rotund

resuscitate（incite：煽动

1. If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again
2. If you resuscitate something, you cause it to become active or successful again
   solicit：征求
3. If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it
4. When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money
   instigate：煽动）
   Someone who instigates an event causes it to happen

revolt（revolve：围绕

1. A revolt is an illegal and often violent attempt by a group of people to change their country’s political system
2. When people revolt, they make an illegal and often violent attempt to change their country’s political system
3. A revolt by a person or group against someone or something is a refusal to accept the authority of that person or thing
4. When people revolt against someone or something, they reject the authority of that person or reject that thing
   convolute：回旋
   To form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
   devolve：下放
   If you devolve power, authority, or responsibility to a less powerful person or group, or if it devolves upon them, it is transferred to them
   evolve：发展
5. When animals or plants evolve, they gradually change and develop into different forms
6. If something evolves or you evolve it, it gradually develops over a period of time into something different and usually more advanced
   voluble：健谈
   If you say that someone is voluble, you mean that they talk a lot with great energy and enthusiasm
   recalcitrant：顽固的
   If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant, you mean thet they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with
   unruly：不羁）
7. If you describe people, especially children, as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control
8. Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy

rotund（jocund：欢乐的
If someone is rotund, they are round and fat
moribund：垂死的
If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a very bad condition
rotate：旋转

1. When something rotates or when you rorate it, it turns with a circular movement
2. If people or things rotate, or if someone rotates them, they take turns to do a particular job or serve a particular purpose
   rote：死记硬背
   Rote learning or learning by rote is learning things by repeating them without thinking about them or trying to understand them
   rotating：旋转
   Revolving around a central axis, line, or point
   revolve：围绕）
3. If you say that one thing revolves around another thing, you mean that the second thing is the main feature or focus of the first thing
4. If a discussion or conversation revolves around a particular topic, it is mainly about that topic
5. If one object revolves around another object, the first object turns in a circle around the second object
6. When something revolves or when you revolve it, it moves or turns in a circle around a central point or line