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。
• 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。
• Footage from state TV showed several vehicles on fire and protesters throwing petrol bombs at security forces in the latest sectarian flare-up in the country.
  国家电视台录下的视频显示，在该国最近的这次宗派冲突中，几辆汽车被烧，抗议者向安全部队投掷***。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But their efforts may have gained fresh impetus on the back of a recent flare-up in tensions between Beijing and Washington on issues including currency.
  但在中美之间近期在汇率等一系列问题上的紧张升级之际，他们的努力也许获得了新的支持。
• But on her arrival in Hanoi, the US Secretary of state found herself in the midst of a flare-up in smouldering Sino-Japanese relations that eclipsed the rest of the summit.
  但在抵达河内之际，这位美国国务卿发现自己恰逢中日矛盾死灰复燃，这使得峰会的其它一切黯然失色。