flare-up

英 [ˈfleər ʌp]

美 [ˈfler ʌp]

n.  (怒气、激烈情绪等的)爆发; 突发; (尤指)复发; 骤燃; 突然发出火焰

复数：flare-ups　

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• （怒气、激烈情绪等的）爆发
  a sudden expression of angry or violent feeling
  1. a flare-up of tension between the two sides
     双方剑拔弩张
• 突发；（尤指）复发
  a sudden painful attack, especially after a period without any problems or pain
• 骤燃；突然发出火焰
  the fact of a fire suddenly starting to burn again more strongly than before
  1. a flare-up of the bushfires
     林区大火的猛燃

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (暴乱或疾病的)突发，突然加剧，突然恶化
  If there is aflare-upof violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
  1. There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
     南非暴力冲突突然加剧。
  2. ...a flare-up in her arthritis.
     她的关节炎突然加重

英英释义

noun

• a sudden intense happening
  1. an outburst of heavy rain
  2. a burst of lightning
  Synonym:outburstburst

双语例句

• China objected to the name changes, and America, anxious to avoid a flare-up between Beijing and Taipei, also discouraged them.
  中国反对去中国化，美国出于避免北京和台北的关系紧张也不赞成。
• There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
  南非暴力冲突突然加剧。
• Some 60 firefighters and six trucks remained at the site to battle any flare-up, the fire brigade said.
  消防队说现在还有60多名消防队员和6辆卡车坚守在火场以应战任何突发的火势。
• And in the early hours of yesterday, the Chechen capital, Grozny, was shaken by an attack by gunmen that left at least 10 dead and raised the spectre of another flare-up of the conflict in the North Caucasus republic that Mr Putin prides himself in subduing.
  周四凌晨，车臣首府格罗兹尼发生枪击事件，导致至少10人死亡，突显这个北高加索共和国再度爆发冲突的风险，普京曾自豪地宣称他平定了车臣。
• Mr Gates 'remarks came just as the new flare-up in Libya began and as pressure to develop military plans for a possible confrontation with Iran continues.
  盖茨发表演讲之际，利比亚局势开始再次升温，制定军事计划以防可能与伊朗发生正面冲突的压力依然存在。
• The recent flare-up in violence suggests difficult times ahead for what will be Africa's newest country of south Sudan.
  最近暴力形势的升级表明非洲即将诞生的新国家南苏丹将面临非常艰难的形势。
• A flare-up in a jet of matter blasting from a monster black hole is giving astronomers an incredible light show.
  这个由魔鬼黑洞驱动的喷流中的闪闪发光的物质团以不可思议的景象呈现在天文学家面前。
• It is very common as a winter flare-up in people with chronic bronchitis.
  这是很常见的作为冬季耀斑行动在人民与慢性支气管炎。
• The president of the United States has suggested that we use this flare-up as a "teachable moment," but so far exactly the wrong lessons are being drawn from it ─ especially for black people.
  美国总统建议我们利用此事件为一个“有教育意义的时刻”，但是到此为止，只有错误的信息被此事件传递了–特别对黑人来说。
• Indians in Uganda, however, seem confident that this month's flare-up was an exception, not the rule.
  然而在乌干达的印度人看上去还是坚信本月的冲突只是个例外，并非普遍现象。