rejuvenate

vt. 使年轻；使更新；使恢复精神；使复原

vi. 复原；变年轻

中文词源

rejuvenate 使再年轻

re-,再，重新，juven-,年青，词源同 juvenile,young.

rejuvenate (v.): 1807, irregular formation from re- "again" + Latin juvenis (see young (adj.)) + -ate (2). Related: Rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

1. young => junior => juven- "young".2. 尤文图斯: 罗马的青年之神(Roman god of youth)。后来意大利的一个足球俱乐部因此意取了此名。

1. Shelley was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him.: 有人建议雪莱去意大利，那里的天气会使他恢复活力。

2. The government pushed through schemes to rejuvenate the inner cities.: 政府大力推行改造内城贫民区的计划。

4. Physicians have tried for centuries to rejuvenate ailing paints with animal organs.: 医生已试验了几个世纪用动物器官为病人做器官移植.

5. Only barbarians are able to rejuvenate a world in the throes of collapsing civilization.: 的确,只有野蛮人才能使一个在垂死的文明中挣扎的世界年轻起来.