汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 起死回生
起死回生
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
Save people who are about to die / Describes good medical skills / It is also a metaphor for saving things that have no hope
使死人或死东西复活。多形容医术高明,也形容挽救了看来没有希望的事情。
huí shēng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

据说这种药能起死回生

It is said that this medicine can resurrect the dead.

九年来他使该党起死回生几乎要执政了。

In nine years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.

他的这个建议真如一剂灵药,使公司起死回生

His suggestion was like a panacea, which has raised the dying company.

这个曾经被冠以“起死回生小子”绰号的人一刻也没有停息。

There is no stopping the man once nicknamed the "comeback kid".

去年我父亲逝世了—我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。

My father died last year—I wish I could bring him back to life.

他用普罗旺斯语写作,因为他深爱这一语言,希望能促其起死回生

He wrote in Provencal because he loved the language and wanted to revive it.

中央银行试图让它起死回生,通过降低利率,以推升资产价格,并且恢复消费者信心。

Central Banks are trying to revive it again, by keeping interest rates low so that asset prices will rise and consumer confidence is restored.

首先,你必须思考我能做些什么来尊重这座建筑,我怎样才能让它起死回生呢?

Firstly, you have to think about what can I do to respect the building and how can I bring it back to life?

他已经竞标以使由于100万美元1年的损失于4月份停刊了的那个周刊起死回生

He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the weekly magazine, which closed in April with losses of $1 million a year.

在上赛季最后一天起死回生,多亏在最后两周碰上全面崩溃的皇马和无心恋战的巴萨。

Survived on the final day last season, largely thanks to facing collapsing Madrid and already-given-up Barcelona in the final two weeks.