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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The market has forced the Europeans to act over that time through a myriad of scares in the bond and equity markets, with the latest flare-up sending stocks tumbling in August and September.
  期间，市场多次迫使欧洲在一连串的债市和股市恐慌中采取行动，最近一次市场恐慌导致8、9月份股市大跌。