单词 | restoration |
释义 | restoration (once / 733 pages) 1n 2n A restoration is when you bring something back to what it was. A crumbling house that is lovingly-rebuilt in its original style, a king who was kicked off his throne only to get it back — these are restorations. Notice the difference between renovation and restoration. If you restore a 1950s house, you use period materials and effects. A renovation might include new things. Restoration always means a putting back: if you've been ill, but get better, you might talk about your restoration of health. WORD FAMILYrestoration: restorations+/restorative: restoratives/restore: restoration, restorative, restored, restorer, restores, restoring/restorer: restorers USAGE EXAMPLESPlanned work on the 161-year-old home includes mechanical system upgrades, landscape and grounds improvements, security enhancements and interior and exterior restoration work. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Eventually, the group hopes to submit grant requests for a restoration project to create a passage for fish to navigate farther upstream. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Paul Schmidt, chairman of the Balboa Park Christmas Committee, and the restoration artist discovered the theft on Thursday. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state Hypo|Hyper re-establishment restoration to a previous state gentrificationthe restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents) reclamation, rehabilitation, renewalthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation rehabilitationthe restoration of someone to a useful place in society reinstatementthe act of restoring someone to a previous position rejuvenationthe act of restoring to a more youthful condition re-afforestation, reforestationthe restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting correctional rehabilitationproviding penal custody or probation or parole for convicted offenders physical rehabilitation, physical restoration, therapeutic rehabilitationproviding help for disabled persons; the removal or reduction of disabilities urban renewalthe clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban slums vocational rehabilitationproviding training in a specific trade with the aim of gaining employment recreation, refreshmentactivity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation the act of putting something in working order again 2n the state of being restored to its former good condition Syn|Hyper refurbishment, renovation improvement, melioration a condition superior to an earlier condition 3n some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed the restoration looked exactly like the original Hyper artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 4n a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. 2Hyper model, simulation representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) n getting something back again Syn|Hypo|Hyper regaining, restitution, return clawback finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something Restoration (once / 3146 pages) n WORD FAMILY Restoration: Restorations USAGE EXAMPLESRestoration efforts began more than three decades ago on the mansion, which was declared a state historic site in 1976. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) The legislation authorizes the state’s Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, which was approved in September by the U.S. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) In March, Restoration Hardware introduced a loyalty card to replace seasonal sales events. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1n the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 Exp group action action taken by a group of people 2n the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685 Exp age, historic period an era of history having some distinctive feature |
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