regenerate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·gen·e·rate /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ verb  1  DEVELOP[transitive] formal to make something develop and grow strong again 使复兴，振兴，使恢复 efforts to regenerate the US economy 振兴美国经济的努力 The Marshall Plan sought to regenerate the shattered Europe of 1947. 马歇尔计划试图重建1947年千疮百孔的欧洲。2  [intransitive, transitive] technical to grow again, or make something grow again （使）再生 Small nodules form as the liver cells regenerate. 肝细胞再生时会形成一些小结节。 —regenerative /-nərətɪv/ adjective a regenerative process 再生过程 —regeneration /rɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] a new strategy for urban regeneration 城市复兴的新策略→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

regenerate• Destroyed nerve cells do not regenerate.• Only if you guard the unblemished original can you regenerate a clean copy.• The Ilizarov frame can be used to correct bone deformities, to regenerate bone, and to lengthen limbs.• Alternatively, a single softner operating on a time clock and regenerating during the night may be the best solution.• Given time, the forest will regenerate itself.• These new plants could regenerate quickly, so they took over the ecosystem.• If they are burned they can not regenerate, so fire is the greatest ally of the Troll fighter.• What is the best way of stemming this decline or, even better, of regenerating the economy?• Specifically she develops two areas, feminist theory and liberation theology, as potential candidates to regenerate the social group work movement.

re·gen·e·rate verbChineseSyllable  

develop something make Corpus to and again grow strong

regenerate
re‧gen‧e‧rate /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ verb
1. [transitive] formal to make something develop and grow strong again:
    efforts to regenerate the US economy
    The Marshall Plan sought to regenerate the shattered Europe of 1947.
2. [intransitive and transitive] technical to grow again, or make something grow again:
    Small nodules form as the liver cells regenerate.
—regenerative /-nərətɪv/ adjective:
    a regenerative process
—regeneration /rɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    a new strategy for urban regeneration

re·gen·er·ateBrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they regenerate BrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it regenerates BrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪts/ 🔊past simple regenerated BrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle regenerated BrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form regenerating BrE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to make an area, institution, etc. develop and grow strong again 使振兴；使复兴；发展壮大◆The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town. 这笔钱将用来重振市镇的商业中心。🔊🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (biology 生物) to grow again; to make sth grow again 再生；使再生◆Once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate. 脑细胞一旦遭到破坏，就不能再生。🔊🔊◆~ sth/itself If the woodland is left alone, it will regenerate itself in a few years. 如果林地不受干扰，几年后就会再生。🔊🔊▸ re·gen·er·ation BrE /rɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ◆economic regeneration经济复兴◆the regeneration of cells in the body身体细胞的再生▸ re·gen·era·tive BrE /rɪˈdʒenərətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈdʒenərətɪv/ 🔊 adjective◆the regenerative powers of nature大自然的再生力