restore
verbto bring back a situation or feeling that existed before 恢复(某种情况或感受) - restore something
The measures are intended to restore public confidence in the economy. 这些举措旨在恢复公众对经济的信心。 Order was quickly restored after the riots. 暴乱过后秩序很快得到了恢复。 Such kindness restores your faith in human nature (= makes you believe most people are kind). 这样的善心使人又一次感到人性善良。 The operation restored his sight (= made him able to see again). 手术使他恢复了视力。 - restore something to somebody
Peace has now been restored to the area. 这一地区又恢复了和平。
Extra ExamplesFull diplomatic relations have now been restored. 全面外交关系现已恢复。 Troops were sent to the area to restore order. 部队被派往该地区恢复秩序。 We need to restore public confidence in the industry. 我们需要恢复公众对该行业的信心。 an attempt to restore the company's finances 恢复公司财力的尝试
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- soon
- need to
- attempt to
- seek to
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- to
- an attempt to restore something
- an effort to restore something
- be aimed at restoring something
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- restore something
- restore somebody/something to something
to bring somebody/something back to a former condition, place or position 使复原;使复位;使复职 He is now fully restored to health. 他现在完全恢复了健康。 We hope to restore the garden to its former glory (= make it as beautiful as it used to be). 我们想把这花园变得和过去一样美丽。 This cream claims to restore your skin to its youthful condition. 这种面霜声称能使你的皮肤恢复年轻状态。
Extra ExamplesShe was now restored to health and ready to go back to work. 她现在已经恢复健康,准备回去工作了。 The army restored him to the throne. 军队恢复了他的王位。
- restore something
to repair a building, work of art, piece of furniture, etc. so that it looks as good as it did originally 修复;整修;使复原 Her job is restoring old paintings. 她的工作是修复旧画。 The house has been lovingly restored to the way it looked in 1900 when it was built. 这座房子被精心修复成1900年建造时的样子。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2, Artb2The train has been restored to full working order. 火车已经完全恢复正常的运行。 The interior has recently been extensively restored. 室内最近大规模地整修过。 The buildings have now been restored to their former glory. 这些建筑物已经恢复了往日的辉煌。 The film has been digitally restored and remastered. 这部影片已经用数字技术修复并重新灌录。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- partially
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- to
- newly restored
- recently restored
- restore something to its former glory
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- restore something
to bring a law, tradition, way of working, etc. back into use synonym reintroduce重新采用(或实施);恢复 - restore something (to somebody/something) (formal)
to give something that was lost or stolen back to somebody 归还(失物、赃款等)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare ‘rebuild, restore’.