phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A phoenix is an imaginary bird that, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again. 凤凰 [usu sing]

• 2. 

  N-SING If you describe someone or something as a phoenix, you mean that they return again after seeming to disappear or be destroyed. 失而复现或毁而再生者 [文学性]

  例：

  Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.

  复苏之凤会从经济废墟的灰烬中腾飞而起。