rake up

英 [reɪk ʌp]

美 [reɪk ʌp]

重新提起（令人不悦或难堪的事）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 重新提起（令人不悦或难堪的事情）
  If someoneis raking upsomething unpleasant or embarrassing that happened in the past, they are talking about it when you would prefer them not to mention it.
  1. Raking up the past won't help anyone.
     重提旧事对任何人都没什么好处。

英英释义

verb

• bring to light
  1. He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor

双语例句

• Do we have to rake that up?
  我们非得提起那些吗？
• Rake up the trash in the yard and burn it. We will have some guests tonight.
  收集庭院内的垃圾，并烧掉，今晚我们将有客人来访。
• I'll see if I can rake up a few people to help you.
  看看我是否能找几个人来帮助你。
• Do not rake up the past.
  不要翻旧帐了。
• In the summer, they used to help the farmer to rake up the dried grass into piles for the cattle to eat during the winter.
  用耙子把干草耙入仓内他们过去常常在夏天帮那个农民将干草耙成堆，留给牛在冬天吃。
• I'm sure that, if we try hard enough, we can rake up something from his past that will discredit him.
  我确信，我们如果加把劲，就能发现他过去的问题，那足以会使他名誉扫地。
• Can we rake up some players for the team?
  我们可以为这次队伍勉强拼凑一些队员吗？
• They had time to rake up all the loose corn before the farmer came back.
  在农夫回来以前他们有时间将所有散落在地上的谷粒耙拢。
• I thought I'd rake up fishing.
  我想我要开始学钓鱼了。
• Rake up old quarrels, grievances, etc
  重新提起旧日的争吵事、冤情等