| 英语单词 | recuperate |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'kuːpəreɪt] 美 [rɪ'kuːpəreɪt] |
| 中文释义 | v.(使)恢复;(使)复原 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Stay in the hospital for a few more days to recuperate. (2) After an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to recuperate. (3) The patient did not recuperate as rapidly as the doctor had expected. (4) She went to the country to recuperate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 再住院几天,好好地恢复。 (2) 累了几个星期之后,我需要时间恢复一下。 (3) 这位病人并没有像医生所期望的那样很快就复原。 (4) 她去乡村休养。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To recuperate is to get something back that you have lost — could be good health, or money lost in a bad investment. When you recuperate, you heal and recover. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Recuperate comes from the Latin word recuperare “to take back,” so when you recuperate you gain something back that was yours before — health or money. Recuperate is usually something people do after an illness. If you break your knee playing rugby in college, you might go home to recuperate. If you don't want to sound fancy, just say you're recovering. It also means to get money back, so you can also try to recuperate your losses by staying in the poker game. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](身体)恢复,康复 When you recuperate, you recover your health or strength after you have been ill or injured. [V] [V
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