dredge up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. 使勁廻憶起
...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school. …一個試圖廻憶起高中所學(xué)的法語或德語的美國人。
2. PHRASAL VERB If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it. 重提 (不快往事)
She dredges up a minor misdemeanour: "You didn't give me money for the school trip."
她重提那件小事：“那次學(xué)校旅遊，你沒給我錢。”