英和和英

動詞

redouble (三人称単数 現在形 redoubles, 現在分詞 redoubling, 過去形および過去分詞形 redoubled)

1. (transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.

   Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.

   • 1846, Herman Melville, Typee, ch. 10:

     Every item of intelligence appeared to redouble the astonishment of the islanders, and they gazed at us with inquiring looks.

   • 1903 October 21, “Plunder Hidden in Graves”, in New York Times:

     The police redoubled their efforts to capture the thieves.

   • 2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3:

     With suggestions that inflation will rise above 15%, I have no doubt that today's trade union leaders will redouble their efforts to secure their members a good deal.

2. (bridge, backgammon) To double an opponent's doubling bid.
3. (intransitive) To become twice as big.
4. To double again what was reduced to a single state.
   • 2019 December 4, “Lib Dems promise fares freeze and low-emission technology”, in Rail, page 6:

     Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes.