单词 | restore |
释义 | restore (once / 93 pages) v If you restore furniture for a living, you clean and repair it to bring it back to its original beauty. When you restore something, you are simply bringing it back to what it once was. You are not making it better, nor are you adding something that wasn't there. You can restore a damaged reputation, your health, or an old house, though the latter may be easiest of those three to accomplish. If the electricity goes out, you will have to sit in the dark until the power is restored. WORD FAMILYrestore: restoration, restorative, restored, restorer, restores, restoring+/restoration: restorations/restorative: restoratives/restorer: restorers USAGE EXAMPLESEST, and continued for about four hours, according to the CBP, before systems were restored at around 9 p.m. Time(Jan 03, 2017) "Please be advised, @CustomsBorder outage is nationwide. They are working to restore. Thanks for your patience," Miami International Airport said on its Twitter feed. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “They would restore a more working market in pharmaceuticals,” he added. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v bring back into original existence, use, function, or position restore law and order restore the emperor to the throne Syn|Hypo|Hyper reestablish, reinstate redeem restore the honor or worth of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v return to its original or usable and functioning condition restore the forest to its original pristine condition Syn|Hypo|Hyper reconstruct decompress, uncompress restore to its uncompressed form rehabilitatehelp to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute rehabilitaterestore to a state of good condition or operation defibrillatestop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks reinstaterestore to the previous state or rank rehabilitatereinstall politically regenerate, renew reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new 3v restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, touch on break, bust ruin completely break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear outgo to pieces fiddle, tinker try to fix or mend fillplug with a substance patch, piecerepair by adding pieces cobblerepair or mend point, repointrepair the joints of bricks trouble-shoot, troubleshootsolve problems patch, patch upmend by putting a patch on resole, soleput a new sole on revamp, vampprovide (a shoe) with a new vamp heel, reheelput a new heel on darnrepair by sewing close, fill upfill or stop up ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 4v return to life; get or give new life or energy The week at the spa restored me Syn|Hypo|Hyper regenerate, rejuvenate reincarnate, renew cause to appear in a new form resurrect, reviverestore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state republishrevive (a cancelled will or a libel) regenerate, renew reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new 5v give or bring back Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner Syn|Hyper restitute give back, refund, repay, return pay back |
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