| 词组 | dredge up |
| 释义 | dredge up 1. dredge up sth • dredge sth up to talk about something that happened a long time ago, especially when this is embarrassing or annoying for someone: ▪ Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks that Mr Mason had made several months earlier. ▪ The media is always dredging up stories about what movie stars did before they became famous. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drag up, ↑dig up 2. dredge up sth • dredge sth up to remember something with great difficulty: ▪ Robertson tried to dredge up an image of her in his mind, be he really couldn't remember what she looked like. 3. dredge up sth • dredge sth up to make yourself feel a particular feeling, such as interest or sympathy, when you do not really want to do this: ▪ Vologsky managed to dredge up some sympathy for the old man. 4. dredge up sth • dredge sth up to pull something up from the bottom of a river, lake etc: ▪ The flood dredged up sand and rocks from the centre of the river. |
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