reopen /riːˈəʊpən/ ( reopening, reopened, reopens )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you reopen a public building such as a factory, airport, or school, or if it reopens, it opens and starts working again after it has been closed for some time. (使)重新营业; (使)重新开放

  例：

  Iran reopened its embassy in London.

  伊朗重新开放了在伦敦的大使馆。

  例：

  The restaurant will reopen in November.

  餐厅将于11月重新开张。

• 2. 

  V-T If police or the courts reopen a legal case, they investigate it again because it has never been solved or because there was something wrong in the way it was investigated before. 重新审理; 重新调查

  例：

  There was a call today to reopen the investigation into the bombing.

  今天有人呼吁对爆炸事件重新展开调查。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If people or countries reopen talks or negotiations or if talks or negotiations reopen, they begin again after they have stopped for some time. (使谈判、对话等)重新开始; (使)恢复

  例：

  But now high-level delegations will reopen talks that broke up earlier this year.

  但现在高层代表团将恢复今年早些时候中断的对话。

  例：

  ...the possibility of reopening negotiations with the government.

  ...与政府重启谈判的可能性。

  例：

  Middle East peace talks reopen in Washington on Wednesday.

  中东和平会谈星期三在华盛顿重新启动。

• 4. 

  V-RECIP If people or countries reopen ties or relations, they start being friendly again after a time when they were not friendly. 重新建立; 恢复(联系或关系)

  例：

  He reopened ties with Moscow earlier this year.

  今年早些时候他重新建立了和莫斯科的联系。

  例：

  Britain and Argentina reopened diplomatic relations.

  英国和阿根廷重新建立了外交关系。

• 5. 

  V-T If something reopens a question or debate, it makes the question or debate relevant again and causes people to start discussing it again. 重新提出(问题); 重新引起(辩论)

  例：

  His results are likely to reopen the debate on race and education.

  他的结果很可能会重新引起关于种族和教育的辩论。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If a country reopens a border or route, or if it reopens, it becomes possible to cross or travel along it again after it has been closed. (使边界或路线)重新开放

  例：

  Jordan reopened its border with Iraq.

  约旦重新开放了与伊拉克的边界。

  例：

  The important Beijing-Shanghai route has reopened.

  重要的京沪线已重新开放。