| 单词 | recovery |
| 释义 | recovery (once / 242 pages) n The noun recovery refers to the process of healing after an illness or injury. Your recovery from your broken leg will go quicker if you keep off the leg. Use your crutches and definitely no skiing or hopscotch! A recovery is when you save something that was lost, in danger of becoming lost, or retrieved. If something was taken from you, such as diamonds, money, or your dignity, and you get it back, you can say that you are glad for its recovery. The noun recovery also refers to a return to a natural or original state. After a devastating hurricane, an area's recovery may take many years. WORD FAMILYrecovery: recoveries+/cover: coverage, covered, covering, coverlet, covers, recover, uncover, undercover/coverage: coverages/covering: coverings, uncovering/coverlet: coverlets/irrecoverable: irrecoverably/recover: recoverable, recovered, recoverer, recovering, recovers, recovery/recoverable: irrecoverable, recoverably, unrecoverable/recoverer: recoverers/uncover: uncovered, uncovers/uncovering: uncoverings/unrecoverable: unrecoverably USAGE EXAMPLESThe school announced the procedure is scheduled for Friday, with an anticipated recovery time of four weeks. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Yet my doctor told me to expect weeks to months of recovery. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He credits an immunotherapy drug called Keytruda for his recovery. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1n return to an original state the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid Hyper advance, betterment, improvement a change for the better; progress in development 2n gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury Syn|Hypo|Hyper convalescence, recuperation lysis recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside rallya marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness healing the natural process by which the body repairs itself 3n the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Syn|Hypo|Hyper retrieval repossession the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) reclamationthe recovery of useful substances from waste products deliverance, delivery, rescue, savingrecovery or preservation from loss or danger ransomthe act of freeing from captivity or punishment recapture, retakingthe act of taking something back lifesavingsaving the lives of drowning persons redemption, salvation(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformationrescuing from error and returning to a rightful course salvagethe act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvagethe act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvationsaving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation search and rescue missiona rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen |
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