rake up

• 指把过去不愉快的事情、回忆或信息重新翻出来，尤指揭旧伤疤、重提旧事。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of reviving or bringing back unpleasant memories, events, or information from the past.

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1. Revive unpleasant memoriesinformal

   To bring back or recall something unpleasant from the past, often causing distress.

   翻旧账

   • He raked up old arguments during the family dinner.
   • The journalist raked up the scandal from years ago.
   • She doesn't like to rake up painful memories from her childhood.

   同义词bring backbring updig updredge uprecallresurrectreviveunearth

   反义词forgetforgiveoverlook

2. Collect or gatherinformal

   To gather or collect something, often with effort, like leaves or scattered items.

   收集

   • I need to rake up the leaves in the backyard.
   • He raked up all the scattered papers from the floor.
   • They raked up enough money to buy the equipment.

   同义词accumulatecollectgathermusterround upscrape up

   反义词dispersedistributescatterseparatespread

基本动词rake