0 to become completely well again after an illness or injury:
It took her a long time to recover from/after her heart operation.
It took a long time for the economy to recover after the slump.
She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.
She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/herself (= soon gave the appearance of being calm).
Police only recover a very small percentage of stolen goods.
The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs.
1 to get better after an illness or a period of difficulty or trouble:
2 to improve after a difficult period or after falling in value:
Consumer confidence has been slow to recover in the aftermath of the credit crunch.
Profits are expected to recover in the current financial year.
Over the past week shares have recovered considerably.
Thanks in part to emergency loans, the industry recovered surprisingly quickly.
recover from With the country's economy recovering from its deepest recession for 50 years, company earnings are expected to be higher than a year ago.
recover to 12%/70c etc. Since their 52p low in autumn of last year, shares have recovered to 687p.
3 to get back money you have spent, invested, or lost:
Airlines are imposing higher surcharges in an attempt to recover a percentage of the increase in fuel prices.
recover debts/investments/funds Cautious investors are likely to stay out of the market until they have recovered their initial investment.
4 to get money from a person or company that has caused you loss or damage by order of a court of law:
recover costs/damages/money Current legislation does not permit an employee to recover damages for a hostile working environment.
Harrington led the lawsuit to recover losses from the bonds issued by the fraudulent corporation.
6 to get natural resources such as oil or gas from under the ground or sea:
The doctors say that it will take him a few weeks to recover.
It will be impossible to recover all the misapplied charity money.
Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow.
He looked surprised but soon recovered his self-possession.
However, among the 94 oocysts typed from 28 mosquitoes in which no heterozygous oocysts were recovered, there were 20 non-amplifying oocysts.
In contrast, women with initially low levels that recovered through the course of pregnancy had children at less risk of later impairment.
Simultaneous multiple-point measurements were therefore made to provide information about these structures in the unperturbed and recovering boundary layer.
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(在疾病或受傷之後)完全恢復健康, (在被破壞或出現問題之後)恢復正常,再獲成功, 失而復得,重新得到…
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(在疾病或受伤之后)完全恢复健康, (在被破坏或出现问题之后)恢复正常,再获成功, 失而复得,重新得到…
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