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

• Michael chertoff, the US homeland security secretary, has warned that emotional responses by Congress to security issues, such as the recent flare-up over ports, threaten to damage the nation's economy.
  警告说，美国国会对安全问题的情绪化反应，比如近期在港口问题上的激烈反应，有破坏国家经济的危险。
• 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。
• Fighting has continued nonetheless, with recent weeks seeing a particularly serious flare-up in hostilities.
  然而，战事一直没有停下来，最近几周还出现了敌对行动特别严重的爆发。
• 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。
• 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。
• The recent flare-up in violence suggests difficult times ahead for what will be Africa's newest country of south Sudan.
  最近暴力形势的升级表明非洲即将诞生的新国家南苏丹将面临非常艰难的形势。
• But their efforts may have gained fresh impetus on the back of a recent flare-up in tensions between Beijing and Washington on issues including currency.
  但在中美之间近期在汇率等一系列问题上的紧张升级之际，他们的努力也许获得了新的支持。
• China objected to the name changes, and America, anxious to avoid a flare-up between Beijing and Taipei, also discouraged them.
  中国反对去中国化，美国出于避免北京和台北的关系紧张也不赞成。
• For the central bank, the timing of the latest flare-up was, in a way, convenient.
  交易商称，对于欧洲中央银行来说，在某种程度上，最近突然干预市场的时机是恰当的。
• There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
  南非暴力冲突突然加剧。