dredge up

英 [dredʒ ʌp]

美 [dredʒ ʌp]

忆起; 想起; 翻出，重提（令人不快的往事）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 忆起;想起
  If someonedredges upa piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if theydredge upa distant memory, they manage to remember it.
  1. ...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school...
     试图回想起一些中学时学的法语或德语的美国人
  2. The fragments of memory she dredges up do not fit together.
     她想起的那些支离破碎的片段连不上。
• PHRASAL VERB 翻出,重提(令人不快的往事)
  If someonedredges upa damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it.
  1. I wouldn't want to dredge up the past...
     我不想重提往事。
  2. It's the media who keep dredging it up.
     是媒体一直在翻旧账。

英英释义

verb

• mention something unpleasant from the past
  1. Drag up old stories
  Synonym:drag up

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