redound

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redound

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·dound /rɪˈdaʊnd/ verb redound to somebody’s credit/honour etc formal to improve people’s opinion of someone 提高某人的信誉/声誉等→ See Verb tableOrigin redound (1300-1400) Old French redonder “to flow back”, from Latin redundare, from unda “wave”

re·dound verbChineseSyllable

Corpus someone of improve people’s to opinion

redound
re‧dound /rɪˈdaʊnd/

verb

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: redonder 'to flow back', from Latin redundare, from unda 'wave'

redound to sb’s credit/honour etc formal to improve people’s opinion of someone

re·dound

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊnd/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊnd/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

redound

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊnd/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊnd/

present simple - he / she / it

redounds

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊndz/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊndz/

past simple

redounded

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪd/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪd/

past participle

redounded

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪd/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪd/

-ing form

redounding

BrE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪŋ/

NAmE

/rɪˈdaʊndɪŋ/

●reˈdound to sth

(

formal

)

to improve the impression that people have of you 改进，提高（印象）

◆Their defeat redounds to the glory of those whom they attacked. 他们的失败提高了那些受到他们攻击的人的声誉。