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

• There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
  南非暴力冲突突然加剧。
• There was a minor flare-up after the final whistle with several Sunderland players still clearly feeling aggrieved but United's overall performance was worthy of collecting the three points.
  终场哨声吹响时，显然有几个桑德兰球员还是心有不甘。但曼联的表现完全值得这3分。
• Fears about what the banks really look like could kindle a flare-up of the sovereign debt crisis into a regional headache into a continent-wide contagion.
  对于银行业真实状况的担忧可能导致一旦主权债务危机爆发，就会演变成地区性问题，并进而在整个欧洲大陆蔓延。
• A flare-up between the Philippine and Chinese navies in 2012 over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea spilled over into trade and tourism, with Chinese travel agencies suspending tours.
  2012年菲律宾海军与中国海军在南中国海因领土争端发生对峙，影响了贸易和旅游业，中国旅行社暂停向菲律宾发团。
• Britain's defense secretary has announced plans to reduce troop levels in southern Iraq have been postponed after a recent flare-up of violence around the city of Basra.
  英国国防大臣宣布，推迟实行精简派驻伊拉克南部的军队的计划。此前，在巴士拉市附近暴力活动最近突然增多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Michael chertoff, the US homeland security secretary, has warned that emotional responses by Congress to security issues, such as the recent flare-up over ports, threaten to damage the nation's economy.
  警告说，美国国会对安全问题的情绪化反应，比如近期在港口问题上的激烈反应，有破坏国家经济的危险。
• Chocolate bars might trigger an acne flare-up, but if so, the culprit is probably the sugar, milk, and gooey fillings, not the cocoa.
  巧克力棒可能诱发痤疮，但即便如此，罪魁祸首多半是糖，牛奶，和蜜糖填充物，而不是可可。