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单词 restore
释义

restoreverb [ T ]

uk/rɪˈstɔːr/us/rɪˈstɔːr/

B2 to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position:

The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.
After a week in bed, she was fully restored to health (= she felt healthy again).
The former leader was today restored to power in the first free elections for 20 years.

C1 If you restore a quality or ability that someone has not had for a long time, you make it possible for them to have that quality or ability again:

Doctors have restored his sight.
The government is trying to restore public confidence in its management of the economy.

to bring back into use something that has been absent for a period of time:

Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment for murderers.

formal to give something that has been lost or stolen back to the person it belongs to:

The painting was restored to its rightful owner.

More examples

  • They want to restore the castle to its former glory.
  • They're trying to restore the good name of the manufacturer.
  • The church was recently restored after decades of disuse.
  • The table had been lovingly restored.
  • Ben's hobby is restoring vintage motorcycles.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Restoring and reviving

  • ball
  • bounce
  • lick your wounds idiom
  • modernize
  • move
  • move with the times idiom
  • pick
  • pick up/take the ball and run with it idiom
  • rejuvenate
  • rekindle
  • renaissance
  • restoration
  • restorer
  • revival
  • revive
  • revivify
  • rise
  • rise from the dead/grave idiom
  • salvage
  • snap

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