in BRIT, also use 英國英語亦用 dust down
1 PHRASAL VERB 重新采用(陳舊的方法);把(舊物)備好待用 If you say that someone
dusts something
off or
dusts it
down, you mean they are using an old idea or method, rather than trying something new.
重新采用(陳舊的方法);把(舊物)備好待用 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION] -
Critics were busy dusting down the same superlatives they had applied to their first three films. [VERB PREP. noun]
評論家們正忙着搬出他們用在前三部電影上的那些盛贊之詞。
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Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
諸如拓寬蘇伊士運河等長期束之高閣的計劃正被重新采用。
2 PHRASAL VERB 重新振作 If you say that someone has
dusted himself or
herself off or
dusted himself or
herself down, you mean that they have managed to recover from a severe problem which has affected their life.
重新振作 -
She dusted herself down and left to build her own career. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PREP.]
她重振旗鼓去開創自己的事業了。
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When we are rejected, although we have been hurt we can pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start again. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PREP.]
被拒絕的時候盡管我們很難過,但是我們會鼓起勇氣,重新振作,從頭再來。
3 PHRASAL VERB 除去…的灰塵;打掃 If someone
dusts down something or
dusts dirt
off something, they remove dirt or dust from it.
除去…的灰塵;打掃 -
He stood and dusted down his suit and folded the letter away. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他起身撣去了衣服上的灰塵並將信折起來收好。
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Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush. [VERB noun PREP.]
用散粉來定妝,將多餘的粉撣掉。