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

• Please don't rake up that old quarrel.
  请别再提起那次的争吵。
• Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table ( Garrison Keillor)
  鲁格尔先生用耙把大的土块敲碎，铺成平坦的褐色土层（加里森谢勒）
• Don't rake up the past.
  别再提那些往事了。
• Why did you have to rake up his politic past? He's a reformed character now.
  他现在已经改造过来了？你干嘛非得翻他的政治老帐呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• Do we have to rake that up?
  我们非得提起那些吗？
• It was under the same circumstances that she once more attacked the subject rake up old quarrels, grievances, etc
  这次她在同样的情况下重弹旧调。重新提起旧日的争吵事、冤情等
• Rake up old quarrels, grievances, etc
  重新提起旧日的争吵事、冤情等
• Don't always rake up the old stories.
  不要总是把过去的事翻出来。