verb
1 bring sth back
ADVERB
▪ quickly
▪
Banks and businesses are quickly reviving business activities in China.
▪ recently
VERB + REVIVE
▪ try to
▪
They are trying to ~ some of the old customs.
▪ help (to) , help sb (to)
▪
The good harvest helped ~ the economic fortunes of the country.
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth , an effort to ~ sth
▪
attempts to ~ falling sales
▪ be aimed at reviving sth ( esp. BrE )
▪
an initiative aimed at reviving talks on the country's political future
2 make sb conscious again
VERB + REVIVE
▪ try to
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
They ~d him with cold water.
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sb , an effort to ~ sb
▪
Attempts to ~ her failed and she was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Revive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ career , ↑ confidence , ↑ custom , ↑ economy , ↑ fortune , ↑ image , ↑ interest , ↑ memory , ↑ spirit , ↑ tradition