dredge up ( dredging, dredged, dredges )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. 使劲回忆起

  例：

  ...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school.

  …一个试图回忆起高中所学的法语或德语的美国人。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it. 重提 (不快往事)

  例：

  She dredges up a minor misdemeanour: "You didn't give me money for the school trip."

  她重提那件小事：“那次学校旅游，你没给我钱。”