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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a minor flare-up after the final whistle with several Sunderland players still clearly feeling aggrieved but United's overall performance was worthy of collecting the three points.
  终场哨声吹响时，显然有几个桑德兰球员还是心有不甘。但曼联的表现完全值得这3分。
• 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。
• A flare-up along the border threatened the peace talks.
  边境突发的暴力事件威胁着和谈。
• The president of the United States has suggested that we use this flare-up as a "teachable moment," but so far exactly the wrong lessons are being drawn from it ─ especially for black people.
  美国总统建议我们利用此事件为一个“有教育意义的时刻”，但是到此为止，只有错误的信息被此事件传递了–特别对黑人来说。
• There's been a flare-up of violence in South Africa.
  南非暴力冲突突然加剧。
• 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。