RECOVER1 to become healthy again after an illness or accident2 to spend time resting in order to recover3 to be better again after an illness or injury4 to become strong or happy again after a period of problems or unhappiness5 to be strong or happy again after a period of problems or unhappinessRELATED WORDSsee alsoILL/SICKCUREILLNESS/DISEASEACCIDENTHURT/INJURESAD1 to become healthy again after an illness or accident 生病或发生意外后恢复健康recover /rɪˈkʌvəʳ/ [intransitive verb]to become healthy again after you have had an illness, injury, or operation 康复，恢复健康 My mother's been very ill, and is still in hospital recovering. 我妈妈病得很重，仍在医院，正在康复之中。 Sammy needed to recover a little before they could move him to a hospital nearer his home. 萨米需要稍稍康复才可以被转到离他家更近的医院。recover from He never really recovered from the operation. 手术后他一直没有彻底康复。fully recovercompletely recover 完全康复 It was several months before John had fully recovered from his heart attack. 约翰的心脏病发作，好几个月以后才完全康复。recovery [uncountable noun]the process of recovering from an illness or injury 康复，恢复健康 The doctors were surprised at Phillip's quick recovery. 医生对菲利普的迅速康复感到惊讶。get better /ˌget ˈbetəʳ/ [verb phrase]especially spokento become healthy again after you have had an illness, injury, or operation 【尤口】〔身体〕好起来，康复 I hope you get better soon. 希望你早日康复。 My back has been quite bad recently, but it's getting better slowly. 近来我的背感觉很不舒服，不过在慢慢好起来了。 I didn't remember anything about the accident, but little by little, as I got better, memories started coming back to me. 那场事故我一点也想不起来，不过随着伤势的好转，我一点一点地恢复了记忆。make a complete/full/good/slow recovery /meɪk ə kəmˌpliːt, ˌfʊl, ˌgʊd, ˌsləʊ rɪˈkʌvəri/ [verb phrase]to recover completely, fully, well, or slowly 完全/彻底/很好地/缓慢地康复 The disease has been caught early, and the doctors say she should make a complete recovery. 疾病被发现得早，医生说她应该能够完全恢复。 Thomas is making a good recovery, although he is still quite weak. 托马斯虽然仍很虚弱，但他恢复得很好。make a remarkable/amazing recovery Joe has made a remarkable recovery from the injuries he sustained in the accident. 乔在事故中受伤后恢复显著。get over /ˌget ˈəʊvəʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb]to recover from an illness, especially one that is not very serious 〔尤指从小病中〕恢复过来 Mark hasn't got over the flu yet. He still feels pretty weak. 马克还没有从流感中康复过来，他还是很虚弱。 I've had a nasty cold, but I'm getting over it now. 我患了严重感冒，不过现在正在康复。 The doctor told Mum it was only a stomach upset, not food poisoning, and she would get over it in a day or two. 医生告诉妈妈这只是肠胃不适，不是食物中毒，一两天以后就会好的。get well /ˌget ˈwel/ [verb phrase]to recover from an illness - use this especially when you are encouraging someone to recover 好起来，恢复健康〔尤用于鼓励某人〕 Get well soon -- we all miss you! 快点康复—我们大家都想你！ I hope you get well quickly. 希望你很快康复。feel better /ˌfiːl ˈbetəʳ/ [verb phrase]to feel less ill than you did before 感觉好些，恢复 I hope you feel better soon. 希望你早日康复。 My father's been quite ill, but he's starting to feel a bit better now. 我父亲病得很厉害，不过现在他开始好一些了。improve /ɪmˈpruːv/ [intransitive verb]if you or your health improves, you become less ill than you were before but not completely well.Improve is more formal than feel better好转〔improve 比feel better更正式〕 Susie's improving gradually with this new treatment. 苏茜接受这种新疗法后在渐渐康复。 My health finally began to improve when I changed to a less stressful job. 我换了一个比较轻松的工作以后，健康状况终于开始好转了。 She was told to go back to the doctor in two weeks if she hadn't improved. 她被告知如果两周内没有好转，就要再去看医生。improvement [uncountable noun] I'm afraid there have been no signs of improvement yet; she is still extremely ill. 恐怕尚无好转迹象；她仍病得非常严重。a big/huge/vast improvement There's been a big improvement in his health over the last three months. 过去三个月来他的健康明显好转。be on the mend /biː ɒn ðə ˈmend/ [verb phrase]if someoneis on the mend, they are definitely showing signs of getting better after an illness or injury 在恢复，在好转 I'm glad to see you're on the mend again. 我很高兴看到你病情又好转了。 Kathy's been quite ill with flu, but I think she's on the mend now. 凯茜得了流感，病得很重，不过我觉得她现在正在好转。shake off /ˌʃeɪk ˈɒf/ [transitive phrasal verb]to manage to recover from an illness such as a cold or an infection, which you have had for a fairly long time 摆脱〔患了很久的疾病〕，治好shake something off Towards the end of the year he caught flu, and he couldn't shake it off. 快到年底时他得了流感，怎么也好不起来。shake off something It seems to be taking me a long time to shake off this cold. 看来我要过一段长时间感冒才会好。2 to spend time resting in order to recover 为了恢复健康而休养recuperate /rɪˈkjuːpəreɪt, -ˈkuː-/ [intransitive verb]to spend time resting in order to recover from an illness or operation 康复；休养；疗养 It was a very difficult birth, and Mary is now recuperating at home with the baby. 分娩过程很艰难，玛丽现在带着宝宝在家休养。recuperate after She's going to need time to recuperate after the operation. 手术后她需要时间康复。recuperation /rɪˌkjuːpəˈreɪʃən, -ˌkuː-/ [uncountable noun]the process of resting in order to recover from an illness, operation etc 康复；休养 We decided to take Dad on holiday to help his recuperation. 我们决定带爸爸去度假，帮助他康复。 I think you're going to need quite a long period of recuperation. 我觉得你的康复期会相当长。convalesce /ˌkɒnvəˈlesǁˌkɑːn-/ [intransitive verb]to spend a long period of time recovering from a serious illness, especially by resting 〔重病后长期地〕康复，恢复；休养 They travelled to Bermuda for six weeks so that David could convalesce in the sun. 他们到百慕大去旅游了六个星期，这样戴维可以在阳光下慢慢康复。convalesce after Jason is now convalescing at home after a major operation. 贾森经过了一次大手术，现在在家休养。convalescence [uncountable noun]a process of resting for a long time in order to recover from a serious illness 康复〔期〕 They suggested that I spend a period of convalescence in the mountains. 他们提议我到山里去疗养。 During the second week of her convalescence Wanda felt that she was beginning to recover. 在休养期的第二周，万达感觉自己在开始恢复。3 to be better again after an illness or injury 病后或受伤后恢复健康be better /biː ˈbetəʳ/ [verb phrase]if someoneis better after an illness or injury, they have recovered, or they are in the process of recovering 已康复；已好转 How are you? Are you better? 你怎么样了？好些了吗? I'll just rest today, and, hopefully, I'll be better tomorrow. 我今天只需休息一下，可能明天就好了。 I hope Robert's better by Saturday, because we need him for the team. 我希望罗伯特到星期六就康复了，因为我们队里需要他。be well /biː ˈwel/ [verb phrase]if someoneis well, they are healthy again, and they no longer have an illness or injury 已康复，已痊愈 As soon as you're well we'll go to Florida and have a few weeks in the sun. 你身体一好了，我们就去佛罗里达，在阳光下度过几周。 They couldn't really make any firm plans until Luis was well again. 在路易斯康复之前，他们无法安排出确定的计划。be fully recovered /biː ˌfʊli rɪˈkʌvəʳd/ [verb phrase]to be completely well again after an illness or injury 完全恢复，彻底康复 We were relieved to find that Barnes was fully recovered and able to take part in the race. 看到巴恩斯完全恢复而且能参加比赛，我们都感到宽慰。be fully recovered from Keep the patient still and quiet until he is fully recovered from the attack. 让病人保持平静，直至他完全从这次袭击中恢复过来。be cured /biː ˈkjʊəʳd/ [verb phrase]if someoneis cured, they are completely better because their illness has been treated successfully 已治好，已医好 She's still rather weak, but her bronchitis seems to be cured. 她仍相当虚弱，但她的支气管炎似乎已痊愈了。be cured of It is only after two or three years that the doctors can say you are definitely cured of cancer. 要到两三年后，医生才能说你的癌症已肯定被治好了。be completely cured He was always confident that he would be completely cured. 他总是很有信心，认为自己能彻底痊愈。be over /biː ˈəʊvəʳ/ [verb phrase]to be well again after an illness 康复，恢复 You've had a bad attack of malaria, but I think you're over it now. 你得了严重的疟疾，不过我想现在你已经好了。be over the worst Her temperature is going down again - she seems to be over the worst. 她的体温又降下去了，看来她已过了最严重的阶段。be back on your feet (again) /biː ˌbæk ɒn jɔːʳ ˈfiːt (əgen)/ [verb phrase]informalto be well again and able to live life as usual after being ill 【非正式】恢复健康，康复 After a day or two in bed I'll be back on my feet again. 在床上躺一两天我又能恢复如初了。 Wait till you're back on your feet before you start worrying about your exams. 等你恢复健康后再担心考试的事吧。be up and about (again) /biː ˌʌp ənd əˈbaʊt (əgen)/ [verb phrase]to be out of bed and well enough to walk around again, after an illness or injury has forced you to stay in bed 〔病后〕能起床走动 She's up and about now, and should be back at work in a day or two. 她已经能起床走动，一两天后应该能上班了。 It's good to see you up and about again. 见到你可以起床走动真好。be fit /biː ˈfɪt/ [verb phrase]especially Britishto be well again after having been ill, so that you are now able to move around as usual, exercise etc 【尤英】恢复，康复 Don't come back to work until you're completely fit. 等你完全康复再回来上班。 He should be back at training next week if he's fit. 如果他康复的话，下周应该可以回来接受训练了。be fit as a fiddlebe extremely fit 身体非常好的 Don't worry - I'll be as fit as a fiddle again by next week. 别担心，到下周我就会完全康复。4 to become strong or happy again after a period of problems or unhappiness 遇到问题或不开心的一段时间后又变得坚强或愉快recover /rɪˈkʌvəʳ/ [intransitive verb]to become strong or happy again after experiencing problems or unhappiness 恢复 Losing my job was a terrible blow, and it took me quite a while to recover. 失去工作对我是可怕的打击，我费了相当长的一段时间才恢复过来。recover from Mark never really recovered from the shock of his father's death. 马克始终未能彻底从父亲去世的打击中恢复过来。 It took a long time for the British economy to recover from the effects of the war. 英国经济过了很长一段时期才从战争的影响中恢复过来。recovery [uncountable noun] American aid played a major part in the country's economic recovery. 美国的援助对该国的经济复苏起了重大作用。get over /ˌget ˈəʊvəʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb]to recover from a particular problem or from a difficult or unhappy time 从…中恢复过来 It took Joe quite a long time to get over the divorce. 乔好长一段时间才从离婚的打击中恢复过来。 Don't worry about Henry - he'll soon get over it. 别为亨利担心，他很快就会恢复的。 Children seem to get over things very quickly. 儿童似乎很快就能从不快中恢复过来。bounce back /ˌbaʊns ˈbæk/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto recover quickly and easily after problems or an unhappy period of time 【非正式】迅速恢复，振作起来bounce back after Liverpool's footballers hope to bounce back after their defeat in Europe last week. 利物浦队的足球运动员希望能从上周在欧洲失利的阴影中迅速恢复状态。bounce back from We are confident the business will bounce back from the recession. 我们有信心公司会从经济衰退中迅速恢复。5 to be strong or happy again after a period of problems or unhappiness 经过一段时期的问题或不开心之后又变得坚强或愉快be over /biː ˈəʊvəʳ/ [verb phrase] Experts believe that Colombia is now over the worst of its troubles. 专家相信哥伦比亚现已克服了最麻烦的问题。 Sharon seems to be over her reading difficulties now. 莎伦现在好像已经克服了阅读困难。 It took Greg a long time to cope with his parents’ divorce, but I think he's over it now. 格雷格费了很长时间应付父母离婚对他的影响，但我觉得他已恢复过来了。be/feel yourself again /biː, ˌfiːl jɔːʳˈself əgen/ [verb phrase]to feel mentally and physically well again after a period when you experienced emotional problems and unhappiness 〔身心经过情感问题后已〕恢复正常，平复 It's good to see that Mandy's herself again. 见到曼迪情绪平复了，真让人宽慰。 It wasn't until six months after my husband's death that I started to feel myself again. 丈夫去世六个月后我才开始恢复情绪。be back to normal /biː ˌbæk tə ˈnɔːʳməl/ [verb phrase]if a person is back to normal, they are just as they were before their problems or troubles started 〔情绪〕恢复正常 I think Judith was quite badly affected by shock, but she seems to be back to normal now. 我觉得朱迪丝受惊吓后情绪大受影响，但她现在好像已经恢复正常了。