resuscitate

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re·sus·ci·tate /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]  MHCONSCIOUSto make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died 使恢复呼吸；使苏醒 → revive Doctors managed to resuscitate him. 医生把他抢救了过来。 —resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe) 口对口人工呼吸→ See Verb table

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resuscitate• She had been resuscitated and her condition improved.• Officers tried to resuscitate him but he did not regain consciousness.• They had almost stopped resuscitating him on the grounds that the doctor hadn't remembered his diagnosis.• Again the dwarfs resuscitated Snow White.• Meanwhile, Farini had been hired to resuscitate the failing fortunes of the Royal Westminster Aquarium.• The doctor examined her, found a faint pulse, and immediately swung into action to resuscitate the patient.• We can only resuscitate, we can't resurrect.Origin resuscitate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of resuscitare, from suscitare “to cause to move around”

re·sus·ci·tate verbChineseSyllable  

someone Corpus conscious after breathe become or to make again

resuscitate
re‧sus‧ci‧tate /rɪˈsʌsəteɪt, rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]to make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died ⇨ revive:
    Doctors managed to resuscitate him.
—resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsəˈteɪʃən, rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)

re·sus·ci·tateBrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they resuscitate BrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it resuscitates BrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/ 🔊past simple resuscitated BrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle resuscitated BrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form resuscitating BrE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to make sb start breathing again or become conscious again after they have almost died 使苏醒；使恢复知觉 SYN revive ◆He had a heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed. 他的心脏病发作，所有抢救他的努力都失败了。🔊🔊◆(figurative) efforts to resuscitate the economy重振经济的努力▸ re·sus·ci·ta·tion BrE /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ◆frantic attempts at resuscitation拼命努力使人复苏  ➡  see also mouth-to-mouth resuscitation