记忆方法
再新,即更换成新的,即“更新,复原”。
借书到期后,我们如果还想看,就得使借书期重新更新,所以引申义有“续借”
v.续借,更新,复原
双解例句
小知识
If you make something like new, you renew it. When you catch up with an old friend you haven't seen in a long time, you renew your friendship.
To renew is to make new again. If you get a new due date for your library books, you've renewed them. If you forget to renew them, your books will be overdue, and you may have to pay a fine. Renew also means to revive, restore, or cause to appear in a new form. Historically, all kinds of tonics have claimed to renew a person's health, but many of the early ones actually contained poisons that could kill you.
实用短语
单词用法
这组词都有“恢复”的意思。它们的区别是:
renew的含义最广,可指使旧物彻底更新,也可指赋予年久失修的东西以新貌,还可指使人重新获得青春或使事物从新的起点开始;
restore指重建房屋或修复艺术品等,也可指恢复知觉、健康或精力,强调回到原来的状态;
refresh指通过某种必要的措施使精力得到恢复,或重新想起已被遗忘的事,也可指采用磨光的方法使某物焕然一新;
refurbish主要指重新擦亮或抛光、刷新物体的表面;
rejuvenate特指使人恢复年轻和充满活力的外貌。
词根词缀
词根: new
=new,表示”新的”
adj.
new 新的, 初见的, 更新的new新的→adj.新的, 初见的, 更新的 adv.新近
adv.
new 新近new新的→adj.新的, 初见的, 更新的 adv.新近
n.
news 新闻, 消息new新的+s复数→很多新的在一起→新闻
newspaper 报纸news新闻+paper纸→登记新闻的纸
v.
renew [使]更新, 使恢复re重新+new新的→v.[使]更新, 使恢复
同义词
revive / back / bring / re-establish
rehabilitate / revitalize / rejuvenate / regenerate / fix / up / repair / refit / shape / reinvigorate / put / recondition / resuscitate / renovate / into / refresh
同根词
词根:renew
adj.renewable可再生的;可更新的;可继续的
renewed更新的;复兴的;重建的
n.renewal更新,恢复;复兴;补充;革新;续借;重申
renewable再生性能源
v.renewed更新;恢复(renew的过去分词)