renaissance

来自古法语 renaissance,重生，再生，来自拉丁语 renasci,重生，再生，来自 re-,再，重新，nasci, 生育，出生，来自 PIE*gene,生育，词源同 natal,nascent,gene.引申词义文艺复兴。

renaissance

renaissance: see native

Renaissance (n.)

"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.

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。

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。

3. Popular art is experiencing a renaissance.

通俗艺术正在复兴。

4. to experience a renaissance

经历复兴

5. The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.

文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代.