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convalescing
康复；渐愈
convalescing is the present participle of convalesce.
recover gradually from illness or shock
- 1.
To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
病后或虚弱后逐渐恢复健康和体力。
病后或虚弱后逐渐恢复健康和体力。；渐渐康复；渐愈
In use
After the operation, she needed several weeks to convalesce at home.
The doctor said he should convalesce in the countryside for a month.
Dad is convalescing slowly after his illness.
convalesce from sth
from 后接疾病、手术或打击等，说明康复的来源。
She is still convalescing from pneumonia.
她仍在从肺炎中渐渐康复。
convalesce after sth
after 后接事件，强调某个经历之后逐渐恢复。
He convalesced after a long illness.
他久病之后渐渐康复。
convalesce in/at a place
用 in 或 at 指出休养的地点，at home 是常见搭配。
The patient convalesced at home for several weeks.
病人在家康复了好几周。
Verb forms
base convalesce · third person convalesces · -ing convalescing · past convalesced · past participle convalesced
渐渐康复；常用于 convalesce from 结构，表示“从疾病中康复”。
Common mistakes
He convalesced his illness for two weeks.He convalesced from his illness for two weeks.
convalesce 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；表示“从疾病中康复”时，需用介词 from 引出 illness/operation 等。
Her convalesce was slow.Her convalescence was slow.
convalesce 是动词，这里需要名词作主语；表示“康复期/恢复过程”要用名词 convalescence。
Connections
Collocations
- convalesce from an illness
- 从疾病中渐渐康复
- After the fever broke, he spent two weeks convalescing from the illness.退烧后，他花了两周时间从疾病中渐渐康复。
- convalesce at home
- 在家休养康复
- She decided to convalesce at home rather than stay in the hospital.她决定在家休养康复，而不是住院。
- convalesce slowly
- 缓慢康复
- The elderly patient had to convalesce slowly after the surgery.那位年长病人在手术后不得不缓慢康复。
- convalesce after surgery
- 手术后康复
- He needed several months to convalesce after surgery.他手术后需要几个月才能康复。
- convalesce in the hospital
- 在医院康复
- The doctor advised him to convalesce in the hospital for a few more days.医生建议他在医院再康复几天。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：convalesce 结尾 '-lesce' 读作 less（更少），病痛越来越少，人渐渐康复。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical writing、formal written English convalesce 是一个较正式的动词，通常用于医疗或书面语境，表示康复过程；日常口语中更常说 recover 或 get better。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词的末尾重读音节都与 convalesce 押韵，都含 /les/ 或 /es/（如 less、unless、coalesce、acquiesce、effervesce、obsolesce）。注意：convalescent 虽拼写相似，但多出 /ənt/，不押韵；拼写相似的 vales /veɪlz/、please /pliːz/、lease /liːs/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
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