词组 | bring out |
释义 | bring out 1. bring out sth • bring sth out to produce a new product, book, record etc and make it available for the public to buy: ▪ Sony is about to bring out a complete recording of the film music from 'Titanic'. ▪ Since it was brought out last autumn, sales of the new software have been very slow. 2. bring out sth • bring sth out to make a particular quality or taste more noticeable: ▪ You can bring out the flavour of the vegetables by steaming them in a pressure cooker. ▪ Becoming a father seems to have brought out the gentle side of his nature. 3. bring out the best/worst in sb to make someone's best or worst qualities appear in the way they behave: ▪ There's something about driving a car that brings out the worst in me. ▪ A crisis invariably brings out the best in people. bring out the romantic/poet etc in sb (=make someone behave in a way that is typical of a romantic person, poet etc) ▪ It's such a beautiful place. It's guaranteed to bring out the romantic in him. 4. bring sb out to make someone less shy and more confident: ▪ She's a shy girl and she needs friends - I hope going to college will bring her out. bring sb out of himself/herself ▪ Rick's teacher has done an excellent job - she's really brought him out of himself. |
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