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。
• He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it in brown paper.
  他掸去灰尘，用棕色厚纸把东西小心包好。
• Time to dust off the old jockstrap.
  到了一显身手的时间了。
• Blow the dust off that book, please.
  请把那本书上的灰尘吹掉。
• 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。
• 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；
• I blew the dust off the old book.
  我把旧书上的灰尘吹掉了。
• 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。
• 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。
• An eye doctor will tell you that eyelashes can keep the dust off the eyes.
  眼科医生会告诉你，眼睫毛可以帮眼睛挡去灰尘。