Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #18895
recuperate
恢复；康复；复原
to recover health or strength after being ill, tired, or after a loss; to get better
常与 from 连用，如 recuperate from an illness
- 1.
To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
恢复,尤其是从疾病中恢复；从疲劳或经济损失中好转
- 2.
To restore (someone or something) to health, strength, or currency; to revive or rehabilitate.
恢复健康、力量或货币；复兴或康复
- 3.
To recover; to regain.
恢复；重新获得
- 4.
To co-opt (a problematic or suspect idea) so that it becomes part of an accepted discourse; to reclaim.
将有问题或可疑的想法纳入公认的讨论中；收回
使恢复；使复原；使复苏；收编；恢复,尤其是从疾病中恢复；从疲劳或经济损失中好转；恢复健康、力量或货币；复兴或康复；恢复；重新获得
In use
After a week of rest, she finally began to recuperate from the flu.
The doctor advised him to take a long vacation to fully recuperate his strength.
It took several months for the economy to recuperate after the crisis.
recuperate from sth
这是最常见的用法，表示从疾病或疲劳中恢复。
He is recuperating from a severe illness.
他正在从一场重病中康复。
recuperate after sth
强调在某个事件之后恢复。
She needed time to recuperate after the surgery.
手术后她需要时间恢复。
recuperate (transitive, less common)
及物用法较少见，意为‘使恢复’。
Connections
Collocations
- recuperate from an illness
- 从疾病中康复
- She needed several weeks to recuperate from her illness.她需要几周时间才能从疾病中康复。
- recuperate from surgery
- 术后康复
- He is recuperating from knee surgery.他正在做膝盖手术后的康复。
- recuperate from exhaustion
- 从疲惫中恢复
- After the marathon, I spent the whole day recuperating from exhaustion.马拉松之后，我花了一整天从疲惫中恢复。
- recuperate slowly
- 缓慢康复
- The patient is recuperating slowly but steadily.病人正在缓慢而稳定地康复。
- recuperate at home
- 在家休养
- She left the hospital and is now recuperating at home.她出院了，现在在家休养。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想大病初愈后，重新站起来，体力一点点恢复——recuperate（康复）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：书面或正式场合、医疗/健康语境、新闻或财经报道 recuperate 通常比 recover 更正式，多用于书面语或较正式的口语场合，如医疗、新闻或经济报道；日常随意对话中用 recover 更常见。它常表示从疾病、疲劳或经济损失中逐渐恢复。
Grammar Note
recuperate 作及物动词时后接宾语，作不及物动词时常用 recuperate from 表示从...中恢复。
Pronunciation & Spelling
recuperate 的词尾读作 /pəreɪt/。operate、cooperate、evaporate、separate（动词）都以 /pəreɪt/ 结尾，是真正的读音匹配。注意 desperate 和 temperate 虽然拼写中也有 -perate，但读音是 /pərət/，与 recuperate 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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