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heal v.治愈,医治,结束 They say time can heal, or cure, a broken heart, while you can be sure that rest, an ice pack, and propping your foot up will heal your twisted ankle. The Proto-Germanic word khailaz, which means "to make whole" is the root of both heal and the closely related word health. Don't confuse heal with heel, which is the back part of your foot or the command that makes a dog stop. ★★★☆☆ 2016.6

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[hi:l] To heal is to recover or become healthy again. You'll need to wait until your blisters heal before you put your hiking boots back on and climb Mt. Everest. We don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy; it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend a broken bone. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]痊愈；愈合；治愈 When a broken bone or other injury heals or when something heals it, it becomes healthy and normal again.   [V]  [V n]Within six weeks the bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed...青瘀在6周内就消退了，但伤却是6个月后才全好了。If they'd operated and pinned her arm at once, she might have healed by now...如果他们当时马上就给她的胳膊做手术并用钢针固定，她现在可能已经痊愈了。No doctor has ever healed a broken bone: he or she sets them...从来没有哪个医生能治愈骨折，他们只是让骨头复位。Therapies like acupuncture do work and many people have been healed by them.针灸等疗法确实有效，已经治愈了很多人。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（感情创伤）愈合；（情感）恢复常态 When someone's emotional pain heals, they feel normal and happy again.   [V]  [be V-ed from n]  [Also V n]A year later, she had healed to the point of at least being able to consider a romantic relationship with another man...一年以后，她的感情创伤已慢慢愈合，至少能考虑和另一个男性开始恋爱关系了。Only by fully experiencing the depth of our pain can we be healed from it and be done with it.只有充分感受了深切的痛苦，我们才能从中走出，并将它抛诸脑后。3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）（裂痕、创伤）弥合；（使）和好 If you heal something such as a rift or a wound, or if it heals, the situation is put right so that people are friendly or happy again.   [V n]  [V]Today Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift and visit their family every weekend...如今索菲和她的姐姐已经和家人和好，每个周末都回家探望他们。The psychological effects on the United States were immense and in Washington the wounds have still not fully healed.对美国造成的心理影响是巨大的，在华盛顿创伤仍未完全弥合。相关词组：heal up

英语单词	heal
英美音标	[hi:l]
中文释义	v.治愈,医治,结束
vocab简明	To heal is to recover or become healthy again. You'll need to wait until your blisters heal before you put your hiking boots back on and climb Mt. Everest.
vocab扩展	They say time can heal, or cure, a broken heart, while you can be sure that rest, an ice pack, and propping your foot up will heal your twisted ankle. The Proto-Germanic word khailaz, which means "to make whole" is the root of both heal and the closely related word health. Don't confuse heal with heel, which is the back part of your foot or the command that makes a dog stop.
真题原句	We don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy; it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend a broken bone.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]痊愈；愈合；治愈 When a broken bone or other injury heals or when something heals it, it becomes healthy and normal again. [V] [V n] Within six weeks the bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed... 青瘀在6周内就消退了，但伤却是6个月后才全好了。 If they'd operated and pinned her arm at once, she might have healed by now... 如果他们当时马上就给她的胳膊做手术并用钢针固定，她现在可能已经痊愈了。 No doctor has ever healed a broken bone: he or she sets them... 从来没有哪个医生能治愈骨折，他们只是让骨头复位。 Therapies like acupuncture do work and many people have been healed by them. 针灸等疗法确实有效，已经治愈了很多人。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（感情创伤）愈合；（情感）恢复常态 When someone's emotional pain heals, they feel normal and happy again. [V] [be V-ed from n] [Also V n] A year later, she had healed to the point of at least being able to consider a romantic relationship with another man... 一年以后，她的感情创伤已慢慢愈合，至少能考虑和另一个男性开始恋爱关系了。 Only by fully experiencing the depth of our pain can we be healed from it and be done with it. 只有充分感受了深切的痛苦，我们才能从中走出，并将它抛诸脑后。 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）（裂痕、创伤）弥合；（使）和好 If you heal something such as a rift or a wound, or if it heals, the situation is put right so that people are friendly or happy again. [V n] [V] Today Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift and visit their family every weekend... 如今索菲和她的姐姐已经和家人和好，每个周末都回家探望他们。 The psychological effects on the United States were immense and in Washington the wounds have still not fully healed. 对美国造成的心理影响是巨大的，在华盛顿创伤仍未完全弥合。相关词组： heal up
来源	2016.6

Heal Ed Broken N V Erg 及物/不及物动词 [V Healthy