重新開始
被重新上緊的不是文件而是行動：停了一陣子的事情又動了起來，接的還是原本那條線。
start again · verb · B2
to start doing something again after you stopped for a while.
重新開始；再度展開
核心畫面
One way to picture renew: the clock on something was about to run out, and you wind it up again — the passport, the contract, the library loan, the effort you had let drop. Nothing is replaced by something different; the same thing simply gets a fresh stretch of time.
可以想成 renew 是「原本快要到期的那個計時器，被你重新上緊」：護照、合約、借書期限，或是一件你擱下來的努力。東…更多收起
可以想成 renew 是「原本快要到期的那個計時器，被你重新上緊」：護照、合約、借書期限，或是一件你擱下來的努力。東西沒有被換成別的，只是同一樣東西又拿到了一段新的時間。From the picture
換掉舊的那個
這一個跟上面兩組相反：不是延長同一樣東西，而是把老舊或壞掉的取下、裝上新的——所以判斷 renew 是「延長」還是「更換」，要看它接的是文件還是零件。
replace with new · verb · B2
to take away something old or broken and put a new one in its place.
更換；更新
Also in this word
extend validity · verb · B2
to arrange for an official paper or agreement to stay valid for more time.
續約；延期；換證
renew a library loan · verb · B2
to arrange to keep a library book for more time.
續借
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
renewverb/ɹɪˈnjuː/
- 1
To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
- In such a night Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs That did renew old Æson.
- 2
To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
- 3
lifestylereligiontheologyTo make new spiritually; to regenerate.
- And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
- For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- 4
archaicTo become new, or as new; to revive.
- […] to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
- But Christianity was a new religious force in Augustine's day. Today, as you say, its power to integrate culture has all but disappeared. Does Christianity still have the capacity to renew?
- 5
To begin again; to recommence.
- This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.
- Then gan he all this storie to renew, And tell the course of his captivitie […]
- 6
rareTo repeat.
- The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
- 7
To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
- I'd like to renew these three books. Did you know that you can renew online?
renewnoun/ɹɪˈnjuː/
- 1
Synonym of renewal.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。