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convalesce

/kon-vuh-les/US // ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs //UK // (ˌkɒnvəˈlɛs) //

疗养,休养,康复,护理

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·va·lesced, con·va·lesc·ing.

    • : to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.

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Examples

  • A few weeks ago, he went to visit Tiger Woods, convalescing after the horrific February car accident that threatens to end his career.

  • Without walls, the spot where she convalesced is part of one immense hot zone.

  • It was an extraordinarily beautiful perch from which to contemplate everything and convalesce.

  • Instead she will convalesce quietly at home at Windsor Castle.

  • Lydia later returned to convalesce at Grayson Manor, where she was more or less kept a prisoner by Victoria.

  • After the patient begins to convalesce the danger of infection grows greater.

  • He pulled through, however, though it was a hard pull; yet when he began to convalesce he mended very rapidly.

  • Her friends showered invitations on "dear Sally" to come and convalesce with them, but the plans fell through.

  • Hardly had Jacques begun to convalesce, and she could breathe again, when Madeleine made them all uneasy.

  • O'Dwyer was the last to convalesce, and even he was no longer in need of constant attention.