| 词组 | recrudescence |
| 释义 | recrudescence Recrudescence in its literal sense is a medical word denoting a renewed outbreak of a disease: • ... prompt use of penicillin in streptococcic pharyngitis ... has eliminated recrudescences following such infections —Therapeutic Notes, Feburary 1951 In extended use, recrudescence typically describes a renewed occurrence or appearance of something objectionable: • ... the recrudescence of violent nationalism in any European country —Walter Laqueur, Commentary, January 1972 It has also sometimes been used as a neutral term simply equivalent to renewal or revival: • ... dates from this recrudescence of the Italian theatre —Sacheverell Sitwell, The Dance of the Quick and the Dead, 1936 • ... there has been a sharp recrudescence of interest in the Rogers mystique —H. Allen Smith, Esquire, May 1974 Such usage was first criticized in 1906 by the Fowler brothers, who argued that recrudescence should only be applied to the renewal of something unwelcome. H. W. Fowler repeated the criticism more strongly in 1926, and Eric Partridge noted and agreed with Fowler's opinion in 1942. Evans 1957, however, asserted that in American usage recrudescence was applicable to any renewed outbreak, "good or bad." This issue is not an important one for most writers. Recrudescence is a fairly uncommon word, and most writers are unlikely to use it, either because they do not know it themselves or because they suspect that many of their readers will not know it. Our evidence suggests that recrudescence was in somewhat more common use during the first half of the century than it is now, and most of our examples of the disputed use are from that period. Those who now use the word in extended applications, according to our evidence, almost always use it in ways that would be approved by the Fowlers and by Partridge. |
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