"great period of revival of classical-based art and learning in Europe that began in the fourteenth century," 1840, from French renaissance des lettres, from Old French renaissance, literally "rebirth," usually in a spiritual sense, from renastre "grow anew" (of plants), "be reborn" (Modern French renaître), from Vulgar Latin *renascere, from Latin renasci "be born again, rise again, reappear, be renewed," from re- "again" (see re-) + nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus).
An earlier term for it was revival of learning (1785). In general usage, with a lower-case r-, "a revival" of anything that has long been in decay or disuse (especially of learning, literature, art), it is attested from 1872. Renaissance man is first recorded 1906.
中文解释
1. re- "again" + naiss- + -ance.2. => reborn, be born again.
实用例句
1. His bristling determination has become a symbol of England's renaissance.
他精力旺盛，坚毅顽强，已经成为英格兰文艺复兴的一个象征。来自柯林斯例句
2. They gathered to protest against the renaissance of the extreme right.
他们聚集起来抗议极右势力的复活。来自柯林斯例句
3. Popular art is experiencing a renaissance.
通俗艺术正在复兴。来自柯林斯例句
4. to experience a renaissance
经历复兴来自《权威词典》
5. The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.
