dust off

英 [dʌst ɒf]

美 [dʌst ɔːf]

重新采用（陈旧的方法）; 把（旧物）备好待用; 重新振作

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 dust down


• PHRASAL VERB 重新采用（陈旧的方法）；把（旧物）备好待用
  If you say that someonedustssomethingoffordustsitdown, you mean they are using an old idea or method, rather than trying something new.
  1. Critics were busy dusting down the same superlatives they had applied to their first three films...
     评论家们正忙着搬出他们用在前三部电影上的那些盛赞之词。
  2. Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off.
     诸如拓宽苏伊士运河等长期束之高阁的计划正被重新采用。
• PHRASAL VERB 重新振作
  If you say that someone hasdusted himselforherself offordusted himselforherself down, you mean that they have managed to recover from a severe problem which has affected their life.
  1. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career...
     她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。
  2. When we are rejected, although we have been hurt we can pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start again.
     被拒绝的时候尽管我们很难过，但是我们会鼓起勇气,重新振作，从头再来。
• PHRASAL VERB 除去…的灰尘;打扫
  If someonedusts downsomething ordustsdirtoffsomething, they remove dirt or dust from it.
  1. He stood and dusted down his suit and folded the letter away...
     他起身掸去了衣服上的灰尘并将信折起来收好。
  2. Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush.
     用散粉来定妆,将多余的粉掸掉。

双语例句

• I'll leave the school tomorrow. I will shake the dust off my feet.
  我明天离开学校，再也不到这个鬼地方来了。
• Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush.
  用散粉来定妆，将多余的粉掸掉。
• I'll have to dust off my French if we're going to move to Paris.
  如果我们要搬到巴黎去，我就要重新复习一下法语。
• He blew the dust off the book.
  他吹掉书上的灰尘。
• Clear the dust off that glass before you use it.
  在使用镜子之前，先把尘土擦掉。
• Dust off your resume and make sure it highlights your most recent skills, areas of responsibility and accomplishments.
  拿出你搁置已久的简历重新编辑，并保证在简历中突出了你最近掌握的新技能、你工作的范畴以及你的成就。
• Wipe the dust off the table.
  把桌子上的灰尘擦去。
• He shakes the dust off his rags to make a proud appearance at some grand social occasion.
  他抖掉破衣上的灰尘自豪地出现在盛大的社交场合；
• However, Mr Ballmer would do well to dust off that old memo.
  不过，鲍尔默最好还是拂去旧备忘录上的尘土。
• She swept the dust off the table with a towel.
  她用毛巾拂除了桌上的灰尘。