in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 dust down
1 PHRASAL VERB 重新采用(陈旧的方法);把(旧物)备好待用 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(陈旧的方法);把(旧物)备好待用 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION] -
Critics were busy dusting down the same superlatives they had applied to their first three films. [VERB PREP. noun]
评论家们正忙着搬出他们用在前三部电影上的那些盛赞之词。
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Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
诸如拓宽苏伊士运河等长期束之高阁的计划正被重新采用。
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.]
她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。
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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.]
被拒绝的时候尽管我们很难过,但是我们会鼓起勇气,重新振作,从头再来。
3 PHRASAL VERB 除去…的灰尘;打扫 If someone
dusts down something or
dusts dirt
off something, they remove dirt or dust from it.
除去…的灰尘;打扫 -
He stood and dusted down his suit and folded the letter away. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他起身掸去了衣服上的灰尘并将信折起来收好。
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Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush. [VERB noun PREP.]
用散粉来定妆,将多余的粉掸掉。