reboot

noun
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  1. the act of starting a computer, smartphone, etc. again immediately after you have switched it off
    • After a reboot, the program started working again.重新启动后,该程序再次开始工作。
  2. something, especially a series of films or TV programmes, that has been started again or made successful again
    • A trailer for the upcoming ‘Spider Man’ reboot had just been released.即将发布的“蜘蛛侠”重启预告片刚刚发布。

reboot

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reboot
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he / she / it reboots
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past simple rebooted
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past participle rebooted
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-ing form rebooting
🔊/ˌriːˈbuːtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] reboot (something) (computing计算机) if you reboot a computer or it reboots, you switch it off and then start it again immediately重新启动Topics Computersc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryReboot is used with these nouns as the object:
    • computer
    • system
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  2. [transitive] reboot something to make something, especially a series of films or TV programmes, start again or become successful again
    • This film is the producer's second attempt to reboot the franchise.这部电影是制片人第二次尝试重新启动专营权。
    • The government is desperately trying to reboot the country's economy.政府正拼命试图重启该国的经济。
    • The talented boxer is trying to reboot his career following his recovery from injury.这位才华横溢的拳击手在受伤康复后正试图重新开始他的职业生涯。