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recovery

/ri-kuhv-uh-ree/US // rɪˈkʌv ə ri //UK // (rɪˈkʌvərɪ) //

恢复,复原,复苏,复兴

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural re·cov·er·ies.

    • : an act of recovering.
    • : the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away.
    • : restoration or return to health from sickness.
    • : restoration or return to any former and better state or condition.
    • : time required for recovering.
    • : something that is gained in recovering.
    • : an improvement in the economy marking the end of a recession or decline.
    • : the regaining of substances in usable form, as from refuse material or waste products.
    • : Law. the obtaining of right to something by verdict or judgment of a court of law.
    • : Football. an act or instance of recovering a fumble.
    • : Fencing. the movement to the position of guard after a lunge.
    • : Rowing. a return to a former position for making the next stroke.

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Examples

  • It was a major milestone in the river’s recovery—once one of the most polluted waterways in the country—because 50 years earlier, it caught on fire.

  • Just how much of an impact tailoring your training to your personalized recovery data can have is the goal behind Project PR.

  • It also was under a recovery agreement after receiving the federal government’s lowest rating of “troubled” for the third time in a decade.

  • If you’ve watched the stock market mount its breathtaking recovery over the past few months even as the country languished in a pandemic and recession, it might be easy to think, Nothing can stop this rally.

  • There’s been a bit of a slump in recent weeks for consumer confidence after an initial surge at the start of the recovery.

  • Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.

  • It happens, of course, but the less time a person is sick, the better their chances of recovery.

  • My eating disorder continued for more than a decade before I finally entered recovery.

  • The problem is that no one has yet defined eating disorder recovery.

  • Recovery from a long-term eating disorder is a bit of a statistical anomaly.

  • You need but will, and it is done; but if you relax your efforts, you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.

  • It is a notable fact that under the wholly unusual circumstances prevailing, the recovery was so prompt and effective.

  • His only chance of ultimate recovery was to push boldly forward, and to betray no fear of failure.

  • What other channel, then, was open to the country through which to insist upon the recovery of its lawful rights?

  • I let him go on, exulting in the discovery that he was a liar, for I knew that it pushed me a step towards recovery.