recuperate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recuperate | |
| he / she / it recuperates | |
| past simple recuperated | |
| past participle recuperated | |
| -ing form recuperating |
- [intransitive] recuperate (from something)
to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc. 康复；恢复；恢复健康 He's still recuperating from his operation. 他动了手术，还在恢复。 After an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to recuperate. 累了几个星期之后，我需要时间恢复一下。
- [transitive] recuperate something
to get back money that you have spent or lost 收回；挽回（损失）
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recuperat- ‘regained’, from the verb recuperare, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.