1. 文艺复兴时期：今天有同事问我,文艺复兴时期(Renaissance)是哪个世纪,我完全记不起来,顺口胡诌:16世纪. 由于我对知识的强迫症,回酒店一查,居然正确,真是美妙的直觉.

1. 文艺复兴（时期）
    The Renaissance was the period in Europe, especially Italy, in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, when there was a new interest in art, literature, science, and learning.

    e.g. ...the Renaissance masterpieces in London''s galleries...
           伦敦美术馆里文艺复兴时期的杰作
    e.g. Science took a new and different turn in the Renaissance.
           科学在文艺复兴时期发生了新的转变。

2. 复兴;复活;复燃
    If something experiences a renaissance, it becomes popular or successful again after a time when people were not interested in it.

    e.g. Popular art is experiencing a renaissance...
           通俗艺术正在复兴。
    e.g. They gathered to protest against the renaissance of the extreme right.
           他们聚集起来抗议极右势力的复活。

1. the revival of learning and culture

    Synonym: rebirthRenascence

2. the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world
    a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

    Synonym: Renascence