1Give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate.

淋浴使她恢复了活力。

1. 1.1 Stimulate or jog (someone's memory) by checking or going over previous information.
   刺激（或唤起）（记忆）
   he was able to refresh her memory on many points

   他能在好几点上唤起她的回忆。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Senator Hill says he's refreshed his memory, and he was informed about Amnesty's concerns, through two situation reports in 2003.
   • To refresh your memory, a third of the US population - 76 million - was born between 1946 and 1964.
   • He had refreshed his memory by consulting the meticulous diaries he has kept throughout his career.
   • I explained in detail that it's too soon for any activity and refreshed his memory on the specific instructions given by his doctor.
   • The chapters also refresh the memory by providing concise statistical information on laboratory measures.
   • According to Dr. Srinivas, once we are able to refresh our memory of our rich past and our timeless heritage, we would be in a position to rededicate ourselves to reviving the affluence and wisdom of India.
   • I suggest you go back and read the last bit of the previous chapter - that might refresh your memory.
   • Old memories were refreshed when veteran scribes recently got an invitation to a press conference at the old office.
   • If you need to refresh your memory, just read the previous chapter.
   • Mr. Perrot, whilst accepting that he now had no independent recollection of events, had to an extent been able to refresh his memory from the documents.
   • Let's refresh your memory and remind you why you are able to speak freely, albeit ineptly.
   • However, it remains true that the evidence of witnesses is likely to have been dimmed and witnesses for Computer 2000 will not be able to refresh their memory from documents that were destroyed.
   • He refreshes my memory of yesterday's conversation.
   • They had given me full charge of cleaning up after myself, and my mother had even refreshed my memory as to how the washing machine worked.
   • It was worth perusing some of the other lists, as they refreshed my historical memory a bit.
   • Just to refresh my memory, I checked my Eircom invoices from twelve months ago.
   • Being 59 I have a lot of ‘Senior Moments’ myself and it's good to be able to have superb reference material to refresh my memory!
   • (If you need to refresh your memory about geological periods and evolution, check out this figure).
   • Discover new information or refresh your memory.
   • The threat of indictment for perjury, however, appears to have refreshed his memory.

   Synonyms

   jog, stimulate, prompt, prod, activate, rouse, arouse
2. 1.2 Revise or update (skills or knowledge)
   进修（或更新）（技术或知识）
   short-term courses give nurses an opportunity to refresh their skills

   短期课程使护士有机会更新技术。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Employers must make reasonable efforts to enable returning employees to refresh or upgrade their skills to enable them to qualify for re-employment.
   • Before taking on any new work, be honest with yourself about whether your skills need refreshing.
   • It would take just a year and £15,000 to refresh the skills of the 3,000 refugee doctors in Britain.
   • The Conservatives would offer courses to grandparents who wanted to refresh their childcare skills.
   • Students were given the day off so teachers from across the Mid West could refresh and improve their skills.
   • Though aimed at medical students, it is an ideal site for the postgraduate practitioner to refresh skills that may not be used regularly.
   • As a result of having to master so many different tasks, business owners should refresh their managerial skills regularly.
   • Team instructors have been able to refresh their skills with instructor development training, additional language training and lesson rehearsals with interpreters.
   • Teachers in Orkney will have greater opportunities to refresh and enhance their skills thanks to a £67,000 award from the Scottish Executive.
   • We hold the students responsible for the information taught in OBC and encourage them to refresh their knowledge via the Internet.
   • The seminar will be particularly valuable to those members who want to refresh their knowledge of corporate tax issues.
   • Of relevance here is whether leave has been granted in the past to employees who wish to enhance or refresh their skills in another area of specialisation unconnected with their current position.
   • This professional educational development at Vail richly rewarded teachers, helping them refresh skills, clarify what they had learned and acquire new knowledge.
   • Just remember, training is never a bad idea, and you can use a new hire as an excuse to refresh the skills of longstanding staffers, too.
   • Education helps parents improve or refresh their marketable skills.
   • After her airport job wound up, Mrs Miller returned to night school, to refresh her clerical skills.
   • You see, I need to refresh my longhand skills for the up-coming exams.
   • The newsagent, who has been running Longstaffs in West Road since 1980, worked as a postmaster in the 1970s and is willing to refresh his old skills or even rent out part of his shop to Royal Mail to help out his neighbours.
   • Training is important to Murdoch who refreshes his knowledge through reading and attending conferences.
   • The rest of the evening gave CAs an opportunity to connect and practice their newly refreshed networking skills.
3. 1.3Computing Update the display on (a screen).
   〔计算机〕刷新（屏幕）上的显示
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Who in their right mind refreshes a page just so they can see ads.
   • Please press the F5 button to refresh the page and get the latest updates from the race.
   • Then I refreshed the page to check this morning's post and guess what?
   • Remember to refresh the page when you get there if there's nothing new.
   • Please Click F5 to refresh the page and get the latest updates
4. 1.4North American Pour more (drink) for someone or refill (a container) with drink.
   〈主北美〉给…添（饮料）；再给（容器）斟满饮料
   the tea is cold and the pot needs refreshing

   茶凉了，茶壶也该添水了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Placing the wet bar within the study made sense, but forcing guests to trek around the staircase, past the front door, and down a short hallway to refresh their drinks seemed inconvenient.
   • Half way through her second beer she refreshed her vodka.
   • Colonel Harris paused to refresh his own drink.
   • She got up and walked to the kitchen, probably to refresh her drink.
   • Ramirez shrugged and moved to the dispenser to refresh his drink.
   • Tea and lemonade were refreshed, and we talked a while longer about reading in general.
   • But she added, ‘That doesn't mean the cabin attendant wouldn't be happy to refresh someone's drink.’
   • Yahnna paused to refresh Duvessa's drink and to think for a moment.
   • I found myself in the kitchen a few times, refreshing my beverage, without having paused the film - something I never do.

   Synonyms

   refill, top up, replenish, recharge
5. 1.5 Place or keep (food) in cold water so as to cool or maintain freshness.
   把（食物）浸入冷水冷却（或保鲜）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Peel and blanch the asparagus briefly in boiling water, then refresh under cold water.
   • Cook the inaniwa pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until cooked, then refresh in cold water and drain.
   • Drain and refresh under cold water, then layer up between sheets of clingfilm and keep in the fridge until needed.
   • Drain the vegetables, refresh briefly in cold water and drain again.
   • Drain and refresh under cold running water then dry thoroughly (I wring them in a clean tea towel).
   • Most importantly, have a bowl of cold water to refresh them as soon as they're lifted from the pan because they'll go soggy if left to cook longer.
   • To blanch the almonds, cover them with boiling water for a few minutes, refresh them under cold water, drain them and rub the skins off with your finger tips.
   • It's easy to tell when beetroot is cooked, just wait until its skin begins to wrinkle and loosen, so that once it has been refreshed in cold water, you can slip it off easily.
   • Refresh under cold water, then rub off the outer skins.
   • The leaves, if sufficiently young and tender, may be eaten raw; but it is usual to parboil them, refresh them in cold water, and serve them as sunomono.
   • Make the braised lettuce: halve the lettuces and blanch them quickly in boiling salted water, then refresh in cold water and drain well.
   • Blanch the bean sprouts in the boiling water for 25 seconds then refresh under cold running water.
   • Cook the peas in simmering salted water for 4 minutes until tender, then drain, refresh in cold water and drain again.

An act or function of updating the display on a screen.