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单词 to bring to life
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to bring (back) to life
(b) to bring (back) to life: to cause to recover from or as from death; to cause to regain consciousness. Also: to imbue with life; to animate. Also figurative and in extended use.
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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 106 Þa coman twegen englas and me of ðam deoflum genamon and me gebrohtan to life, þæt ic nu on God gelyfe, æfter minum deaðe, þone þe ic ær wiðsoc.
c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) l. 265 (MED) To liue god him wald bring.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 137 (MED) Lete him bryng to lyfe the bulle [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. arere þe boole from deth to lyve] that he hathe sleyne.
a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 169 Thou which didst die and rise againe, wilt raise and bring to life all those that are dead beleeuing in thy faith.
1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. I2 v Semyramis no sooner heard of the death of hir husbande, but she fell into a pasme, and was hardly brought to life.
1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 8 The Pelican powres from her brest her Blood, To bring to life her yonglings backe againe.
1696 J. Banks Cyrus Great Ep. Ded. sig. A4 That chear'd the World, and brought to Life the Stage, Where the sad Muses..Ne'er till that Day did tune their Songs agen.
1723 P. Aubin Life Charlotta Du Pont xii. 113 The Physicians were called, and by their Aid she was brought to Life.
1781 J. Goodridge Phœnix 24 Paradise..had received the greatest heat, in order..for the vegetables to spring and bring to life the creatures of all sorts.
1833 B. Cornwall On Eng. Trag. in Ess. & Tales in Prose (1853) II. 118 The Restoration, perhaps, cherished and brought to life that bright phalanx of wits, Wycherley, and Congreve, and the rest.
1873 L. Ferguson Disc. 71 His body..was immediately after death brought to life again in a spiritualised and incorruptible form.
1886 Philadelphia Evening Tel. 20 Mar. The hose was cut..and engines killed so that it will take days to bring them to life again.
1904 L. F. Baum Marvelous Land of Oz 40 How could he ever have guessed that the man..would be brought to life by means of a magical powder contained in an old pepper-box?
1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iii. 120 They [sc. bronzes] bring to life the whole character of the period in a way that no historical account could ever do.
1990 Rolling Stone 9 Aug. 37/3 Each volunteers to be put to death..and then brought back to life... They call themselves flatliners.
2005 DVD Rev. No. 73. 33 A gorgeous visual feat.., Zhang Yimou's film is like a painting brought to life.
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