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 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。
• The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. Uncle blew the dust off his book.
  吹口管乐器的吹口处叔叔吹掉书上的灰尘。
• Sitting on the bed, I wipe the dust off, and open the album.
  坐在床边，擦去灰尘，我翻开相册。
• Eg: She flicked the dust off her collar.
  她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。
• 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；
• So dust off that old diary, or open up a Word document, and try it.
  所以，重新拾起你的旧日记本，或新建一个word文档，试试这个方法。
• 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。
• Clear the dust off that glass before you use it.
  在使用镜子之前，先把尘土擦掉。
• 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。
• Billy leaned forward and brushed a speck of dust off his shoes.
  比利俯身擦掉了鞋子上的一丝灰尘。