rebuild

- v. 重建, 改建
- Definition
- v. to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed
- Example
- After the fire, they decided to rebuild their small house.
- 火灾过后,他们决定重建自己的小房子。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to build something again after damage (verb).
比较义项:损毁后重新建造(动词)。
- rebuild 本词
More everyday and less formal; fits small or personal structures (a house, a fence, a wall) and extends figuratively to rebuild a life, a relationship, or trust.
更口语化、语体较随意;适用于较小或私人的建筑物(房屋、栅栏、墙),也可比喻性地用于重建生活、重建关系或重建信任。
After the storm destroyed their fence, the family worked together to rebuild it.
暴风雨摧毁了他们的栅栏后,一家人齐心协力把它重建了起来。
- reconstruct
More formal; usually describes larger, complex, or historically significant structures, and often implies careful engineering or restoring something from remaining parts.
语体更正式;通常用于规模较大、结构复杂或具有历史意义的建筑物,并常暗示需要精心的工程手段或依据残存部分进行复原。
Engineers worked for months to reconstruct the ancient temple after the earthquake.
地震过后,工程师们花了几个月的时间重建这座古老的寺庙。
Rebuild and reconstruct both mean to build something again after damage. Rebuild is more everyday and informal; it fits small or personal things, like a house, and extends to rebuild a life or trust. Reconstruct is more formal, usually for larger or historically important structures.
这两个词都指“建筑物或结构损毁后重新建造”,可以互换的场合很多,但语体和搭配对象略有不同:rebuild 更口语化,可用于房屋、生活、信任等;reconstruct 更正式,常用于规模较大或历史意义重大的建筑,也可指依据证据或残件“复原”事物。这里不比较 reconstruct 的“(依据证据)还原、复原(事件、过程)”这一引申义。