• vt. 使再生；革新
• vi. 再生；革新
• adj. 再生的；革新的

re-,再，重新，generate,產生。

regenerate (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration).

regenerate (v.)

1550s, back-formation from regeneration or else from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration). Originally religious; of body parts from 1590s. Related: Regenerated; regenerating. Replaced earlier regeneren (c. 1400), from Old French regenerer.

1. Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed.

如果受到損傷，神經細胞再造的能力有限。

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2. They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent.

他們最終決定通過住房合作社來重建奧米斯頓月牙街。

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3. The govern-ment will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.

政府將繼續努力重建內城地區。

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4. Newts can regenerate their limbs.

蠑螈的肢體可以再生。

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5. The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town.

這筆錢將用來發展壯大市鎮的商業中心。

來自《權威詞典》