resuscitate(incite:煽动
- If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again
- If you resuscitate something, you cause it to become active or successful again
solicit:征求 - If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it
- 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
- A revolt is an illegal and often violent attempt by a group of people to change their country’s political system
- When people revolt, they make an illegal and often violent attempt to change their country’s political system
- A revolt by a person or group against someone or something is a refusal to accept the authority of that person or thing
- 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 - When animals or plants evolve, they gradually change and develop into different forms
- 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) - If you describe people, especially children, as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control
- 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
- When something rotates or when you rorate it, it turns with a circular movement
- 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) - 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
- If a discussion or conversation revolves around a particular topic, it is mainly about that topic
- If one object revolves around another object, the first object turns in a circle around the second object
- When something revolves or when you revolve it, it moves or turns in a circle around a central point or line