"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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Popular art is experiencing a renaissance.
通俗艺术正在复兴。
来自柯林斯例句
4. to experience a renaissance
经历复兴
来自《权威词典》
5. The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.
