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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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汽油弹。
• Some 60 firefighters and six trucks remained at the site to battle any flare-up, the fire brigade said.
  消防队说现在还有60多名消防队员和6辆卡车坚守在火场以应战任何突发的火势。
• Besides the two current conflict zones in North Kivu Province, theres also been a flare-up of local disputes over land and other issues in the Ruzizi Plain. Thats on the border of South Kivu Province and Burundi.
  当前，除了北基伍省的两个区域存在冲突外，在南基伍省与布隆迪接壤的鲁齐齐河平原地区也因土地和其他争端爆发了冲突。
• 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 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。
• A flare-up along the border threatened the peace talks.
  边境突发的暴力事件威胁着和谈。