1PHRASAL VERB 忆起;想起 If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. 忆起;想起 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school. [VERBPREP. noun]
试图回想起一些中学时学的法语或德语的美国人
The fragments of memory she dredges up do not fit together. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
她想起的那些支离破碎的片段连不上。
2PHRASAL VERB 翻出,重提(令人不快的往事) If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it. 翻出,重提(令人不快的往事)
I wouldn't want to dredge up the past. [VERBPREP. noun]
我不想重提往事。
It's the media who keep dredging it up. [VERB noun PREP.]