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rehabilitate sb
主语常为医疗或社会机构；宾语是人时，指帮助其恢复健康或正常生活。
The clinic rehabilitates patients after serious injuries.
这家诊所帮助重伤患者康复。
使康复；使恢复名誉
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使康复；使恢复名誉
help someone readapt to a former state of health or good reputation
The clinic rehabilitates patients after serious injuries.
这家诊所帮助重伤患者康复。
常指帮助病人康复或恢复名誉
使(某人)恢复原有的状态、名誉、财产、地位等。
To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
证明清白；恢复(某人、概念等)的名誉或形象。
To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
使(某物)恢复原状。
To return (something) to its original condition.
对(罪犯等)进行必要的培训和教育,使其顺利重返社会；再教育。
To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain.
rehabilitate
Base
原形
rehabilitates
3rd person
第三人称单数
rehabilitating
-ing
现在分词
rehabilitated
Past
过去式
rehabilitated
Past participle
过去分词
Physical therapy helps rehabilitate injured patients.
物理治疗有助于使受伤患者康复。
The council rehabilitated the old school and turned it into a library.
市政会修复了那所旧学校，把它改成了图书馆。
They are rehabilitating the damaged railway line.
他们正在修复受损的铁路线。
规则动词：第三人称单数加 -s，过去式和过去分词为 -ed，现在分词去掉末尾 e 加 -ing。常用于使康复、修复或使恢复名誉等语境。
After the stroke, he worked hard to rehabilitate his speech and regain his confidence.
中风之后，他努力恢复自己的语言能力，并重新树立信心。
The charity's main goal is to rehabilitate former prisoners by giving them job training.
该慈善机构的主要目标是通过提供职业培训，帮助前囚犯重新融入社会。
Physical therapy can help rehabilitate patients who have suffered serious injuries.
物理治疗可以帮助身受重伤的患者康复。
主语常为医疗或社会机构；宾语是人时，指帮助其恢复健康或正常生活。
The clinic rehabilitates patients after serious injuries.
这家诊所帮助重伤患者康复。
宾语为建筑物、设施等时，表示整修使其恢复良好状态。
The city is rehabilitating the old theater for public use.
该市正在修复旧剧院，供公众使用。
用于政治语境，表示恢复某人的名誉或原有地位；as 后接恢复后的身份或职务。
The party rehabilitated the exiled politician as its presidential candidate.
该党让这位流亡政治家复出，成为其总统候选人。
Not this
The patient needs to rehabilitate.
Use this
The patient needs to be rehabilitated.
rehabilitate 是及物动词，必须带宾语或用被动语态；汉语“康复”常作不及物动词，学习者容易漏掉受动者。改成被动语态后，patient 是动作的接受者，语法正确。
Not this
He is in rehabilitate after the accident.
Use this
He is in rehabilitation after the accident.
rehabilitate 是动词，不在介词后作宾语；其名词形式是 rehabilitation（口语用 rehab）。介词 in 后应用名词。
Not this
She was rehabilitated from her injury.
Use this
She was rehabilitated after her injury.
rehabilitate 不与 from 搭配来表示“从伤痛中康复”；表示康复来源常用 recover from，但 rehabilitate 后用 after 说明时间更自然。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
改造罪犯
The program aims to rehabilitate offenders rather than simply punish them.
该计划旨在改造罪犯，而不是简单地惩罚他们。
帮助病人康复
Physical therapy helped rehabilitate the patients after their surgeries.
物理治疗帮助这些病人在手术后康复。
修复建筑
The city plans to rehabilitate the old warehouse into affordable housing.
该市计划把这座旧仓库改造成经济适用房。
恢复某人的名誉
He tried to rehabilitate his reputation after the scandal.
丑闻发生后，他试图恢复自己的名誉。
使政治家恢复政治地位
The former leader was rehabilitated and returned to public office.
这位前领导人恢复了政治地位，重新担任公职。
改造？嗯，让我想想。你知道，我根本不知道那是什么意思。
The city plans to rehabilitate the old industrial area.
该市计划修复旧工业区。
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记：rehab（康复中心）＋ilitate → 像送进康复中心一样，让人恢复健康、名誉或原状。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical rehabilitation、legal and reputational restoration、building or facility restoration、political reinstatement rehabilitate 比较正式，通常用于书面或较正式的场合，多出现在医疗康复、法律名誉恢复、工程修复和政治复职等语境中；日常随意口语里较少直接使用这个词，类似意思常用 recover、restore 等表达。
以 rehabilitate 的重读元音 /ɪ/ 为起点，从该元音到词尾为 /ɪlɪteɪt/；facilitate、debilitate、militate 的这一段也分别是 /ɪlɪteɪt/，所以押韵。imitate、hesitate 虽也以 -itate 结尾，但 imitate 的重读元音 /ɪ/ 后是 /m/，hesitate 的重读元音是 /ɛ/ 而非 /ɪ/，故均不押韵；translate 的重音在末音节，也不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.