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单词 rehabilitate
释义

Definition of rehabilitate in English:

rehabilitate

verb riːhəˈbɪlɪteɪtˌri(h)əˈbɪləˌteɪt
[with object]
  • 1Restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

    helping to rehabilitate former criminals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since it was set up in 1988, the Spinal Injuries Centre has gained a national reputation for excellence in rehabilitating patients who have been seriously injured in traffic accidents.
    • We're very strong on trying to rehabilitate people on drugs.
    • Correct diagnosis is paramount to ensure that proper treatment is started so that athletes may be optimally rehabilitated and returned to sport in a timely fashion.
    • The exercise to rehabilitate the street kids should be embraced by everyone as Zambia stands to benefit greatly from the initiative.
    • They are allowed to return to sports four months postoperatively if their knee is rehabilitated sufficiently.
    • Insurance companies pay for so little physical therapy anymore that few patients are fully rehabilitated by the time their insurance runs out.
    • Steps should be taken to restore peace, rehabilitate the affected persons and to create confidence and sense of security among them.
    • Not only does the project provide support and counselling to families but also helps to rehabilitate the prisoners themselves.
    • He is on medications to maintain him so that hopefully over time, there is going to be the day he wakes up and they can start to rehabilitate him.
    • All the patients were rehabilitated according to a modern protocol, permitting immediate full weight bearing and full range of motion.
    • We are unable to manage his problems or rehabilitate him.
    • It was not intended to rehabilitate prisoners or to deter would-be criminals.
    • Though forced to work at a very early age, these children are rehabilitated in these centres and prepared for regular education so that after a year or two they can join the local schools.
    • A new job scheme, backed by the Prince's Trust, providing rehabilitated former addicts with vital work experience, will be introduced later this year.
    • As many as 290 children were rehabilitated this year in institutions and families.
    • Successful transplantation greatly improves quality of life, and most patients are fully rehabilitated.
    • Primary health care is a patient's first point of contact with the health-care system and includes promoting health, preventing disease, and treating and rehabilitating patients.
    • I would vote against any reinstatement of the death penalty without a second's hesitation and support plans to rehabilitate criminals.
    • The man declared he was rehabilitated and knew drugs were a ‘no-no ‘, he said.’
    • The Government has not prepared a plan to rehabilitate these people and the money given to them is not enough to construct a good house with all facilities.
    Synonyms
    restore to health/normality, reintegrate, readapt, retrain
    North American informal rehab
    reinstate, reinstall, restore, bring back, re-establish
    pardon, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, forgive
    1. 1.1 Restore (someone) to former privileges or reputation after a period of disfavour.
      with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dealers did not, however, completely rehabilitate their images.
      • It's taken you years to rehabilitate your reputation and you finally seemed to have mended bridges with the Royal Family.
      • In this way, portraits emerged as critical pieces of evidence in efforts to rehabilitate the reputation of French art of the fourteenth century.
      • Some people might be asking is this an attempt for you to try to rehabilitate your reputation?
      • More recently the Victorian tycoon's reputation has been rehabilitated.
      • The current government of St Lucia, however, is working hard to rehabilitate the school's reputation.
      • Reputations are rehabilitated or discredited.
    2. 1.2 Return (something, especially a building or environmental feature) to its former condition.
      the campaign aims to rehabilitate the river's flood plain
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like we've got to get rid of our feral animals, we've got to get rid of our pest plants, and then let the land rehabilitate itself.
      • Repairs include rehabilitating sanitary facilities.
      • Three medical clinics have been rehabilitated and opened and five new clinics are scheduled to be built, according to the ministry.
      • Also those facilities that can be brought back to usable conditions if comprehensively rehabilitated should be accorded the necessary attention.
      • There's 2,200 schools that have been rehabilitated; 120 hospitals up and running; 1,200 medical centers going.
      • The developer originally applied for tax credits for rehabilitating a historic building, but the credits came with a stipulation that the original plastered ceilings and walls be preserved.
      • As the number of children attending school increases, the charity is responding by building or rehabilitating additional schools.
      • The project aims to upgrade and rehabilitate all existing sewerage systems in the town, along with extending the sewerage system to environs of the town, which have been developed since the first stage of the development.
      • Several early twentieth-century buildings have been rehabilitated.
      • The military has even been called in to assist in environmental cleanup, promote wildlife conservation, rehabilitate public housing, rebuild bridges, and aid in other community projects.
      • In just five years' time, he's whittled down the amount he owes on a $150,000 loan, taken out to rehabilitate his first building, to $58,000.
      • In addition, both agencies have joined forces to rehabilitate a nearby pond as a future breeding site for the rare frog.
      • The high commissioner also visited the district hospital where Zambia Sugar spent millions in renovating two wards and was also in the process of rehabilitating the labour ward.
      • The project to rehabilitate airports started in the year 2000.
      • There would be major work in rehabilitating the river
      • I want to buy and rehabilitate vacant houses in Baltimore for resale.
      • A large projecting vitrine frames a view back over the winery and the three existing buildings, now rehabilitated.
      • The bill also contains a pilot program that would rehabilitate nearly a million acres that have been destroyed by roadbuilding, logging, grazing, and mining.
      Synonyms
      recondition, restore, renew, renovate, refurbish, revamp, make over, make fit for habitation/use, overhaul, develop, redevelop, convert, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel
      redecorate, brighten up, freshen up, spruce up
      improve, upgrade, refit, fix up, re-equip
      modernize, update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century
      North American bring something up to code, rehab
      informal do up

Derivatives

  • rehabilitative

  • adjective riːhəˈbɪlɪtətɪv
    • However, the physical presence of the mother is recommended as part of the rehabilitative efforts undertaken for the child, since it is believed that she is the best teacher, though she may not be technically qualified.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Over the past two Olympiads she has made close personal friends of her surgeon, her rehabilitative physiotherapist and her sports psychologist.
      • He said one of the key objectives would be the prevention of diseases along with curative and rehabilitative service.
      • The persistent offender scheme is devised to catch, convict and provide effective rehabilitative support to these most prolific offenders.
      • His job is to carry out the custodial dictates of the criminal justice system, while at the same time devising rehabilitative mechanisms within the prison structure.

Origin

Late 16th century (earlier (late 15th century) as rehabilitation) (in the sense 'restore to former privileges'): from medieval Latin rehabilitat-, from the verb rehabilitare (see re-, habilitate).

 
 

Definition of rehabilitate in US English:

rehabilitate

verbˌrē(h)əˈbiləˌtātˌri(h)əˈbɪləˌteɪt
[with object]
  • 1Restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

    helping to rehabilitate former criminals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Correct diagnosis is paramount to ensure that proper treatment is started so that athletes may be optimally rehabilitated and returned to sport in a timely fashion.
    • Since it was set up in 1988, the Spinal Injuries Centre has gained a national reputation for excellence in rehabilitating patients who have been seriously injured in traffic accidents.
    • Primary health care is a patient's first point of contact with the health-care system and includes promoting health, preventing disease, and treating and rehabilitating patients.
    • It was not intended to rehabilitate prisoners or to deter would-be criminals.
    • A new job scheme, backed by the Prince's Trust, providing rehabilitated former addicts with vital work experience, will be introduced later this year.
    • We're very strong on trying to rehabilitate people on drugs.
    • Not only does the project provide support and counselling to families but also helps to rehabilitate the prisoners themselves.
    • The exercise to rehabilitate the street kids should be embraced by everyone as Zambia stands to benefit greatly from the initiative.
    • All the patients were rehabilitated according to a modern protocol, permitting immediate full weight bearing and full range of motion.
    • As many as 290 children were rehabilitated this year in institutions and families.
    • Steps should be taken to restore peace, rehabilitate the affected persons and to create confidence and sense of security among them.
    • The man declared he was rehabilitated and knew drugs were a ‘no-no ‘, he said.’
    • Insurance companies pay for so little physical therapy anymore that few patients are fully rehabilitated by the time their insurance runs out.
    • We are unable to manage his problems or rehabilitate him.
    • The Government has not prepared a plan to rehabilitate these people and the money given to them is not enough to construct a good house with all facilities.
    • Though forced to work at a very early age, these children are rehabilitated in these centres and prepared for regular education so that after a year or two they can join the local schools.
    • They are allowed to return to sports four months postoperatively if their knee is rehabilitated sufficiently.
    • I would vote against any reinstatement of the death penalty without a second's hesitation and support plans to rehabilitate criminals.
    • He is on medications to maintain him so that hopefully over time, there is going to be the day he wakes up and they can start to rehabilitate him.
    • Successful transplantation greatly improves quality of life, and most patients are fully rehabilitated.
    Synonyms
    restore to health, restore to normality, reintegrate, readapt, retrain
    reinstate, reinstall, restore, bring back, re-establish
    1. 1.1 Restore (someone) to former privileges or reputation after a period of critical or official disfavor.
      with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's taken you years to rehabilitate your reputation and you finally seemed to have mended bridges with the Royal Family.
      • More recently the Victorian tycoon's reputation has been rehabilitated.
      • Dealers did not, however, completely rehabilitate their images.
      • Reputations are rehabilitated or discredited.
      • Some people might be asking is this an attempt for you to try to rehabilitate your reputation?
      • The current government of St Lucia, however, is working hard to rehabilitate the school's reputation.
      • In this way, portraits emerged as critical pieces of evidence in efforts to rehabilitate the reputation of French art of the fourteenth century.
    2. 1.2 Return (something, especially an environmental feature) to its former condition.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In addition, both agencies have joined forces to rehabilitate a nearby pond as a future breeding site for the rare frog.
      • Several early twentieth-century buildings have been rehabilitated.
      • Three medical clinics have been rehabilitated and opened and five new clinics are scheduled to be built, according to the ministry.
      • The developer originally applied for tax credits for rehabilitating a historic building, but the credits came with a stipulation that the original plastered ceilings and walls be preserved.
      • Like we've got to get rid of our feral animals, we've got to get rid of our pest plants, and then let the land rehabilitate itself.
      • The bill also contains a pilot program that would rehabilitate nearly a million acres that have been destroyed by roadbuilding, logging, grazing, and mining.
      • The military has even been called in to assist in environmental cleanup, promote wildlife conservation, rehabilitate public housing, rebuild bridges, and aid in other community projects.
      • Repairs include rehabilitating sanitary facilities.
      • The project to rehabilitate airports started in the year 2000.
      • As the number of children attending school increases, the charity is responding by building or rehabilitating additional schools.
      • A large projecting vitrine frames a view back over the winery and the three existing buildings, now rehabilitated.
      • In just five years' time, he's whittled down the amount he owes on a $150,000 loan, taken out to rehabilitate his first building, to $58,000.
      • The project aims to upgrade and rehabilitate all existing sewerage systems in the town, along with extending the sewerage system to environs of the town, which have been developed since the first stage of the development.
      • The high commissioner also visited the district hospital where Zambia Sugar spent millions in renovating two wards and was also in the process of rehabilitating the labour ward.
      • Also those facilities that can be brought back to usable conditions if comprehensively rehabilitated should be accorded the necessary attention.
      • There's 2,200 schools that have been rehabilitated; 120 hospitals up and running; 1,200 medical centers going.
      • I want to buy and rehabilitate vacant houses in Baltimore for resale.
      • There would be major work in rehabilitating the river
      Synonyms
      recondition, restore, renew, renovate, refurbish, revamp, make over, make fit for habitation, make fit for use, overhaul, develop, redevelop, convert, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel

Origin

Late 16th century (earlier ( late 15th century) as rehabilitation) (in the sense ‘restore to former privileges’): from medieval Latin rehabilitat-, from the verb rehabilitare (see re-, habilitate).

 
 
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