recover
verb [ I or T ] uk/rɪˈkʌv.ər/ us/rɪˈkʌv.ɚ/
（在疾病或受伤之后）完全恢复健康
to become completely well again after an illness or injury
It took her a long time to recover from/after her heart operation. 她心脏动手术后很长时间身体才复原。
He never really recovered from the shock of his wife dying. 他再也没有从丧妻之痛中真正恢复过来。
（在被破坏或出现问题之后）恢复正常，再获成功
to become successful or normal again after being damaged or having problems
It took a long time for the economy to recover after the slump. 萧条期过后，经济花了很长时间才恢复元气。
B1 失而复得，重新得到
to get back something lost or spent
She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness. 她陷入昏迷后再也没有醒过来。
She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/herself (= soon gave the appearance of being calm). 她见到我很震惊，但很快就镇定了下来。
Police only recover a very small percentage of stolen goods. 警方只追回了被盗货物的一小部分。
The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs. 创建新公司的初始费用非常巨大，要过很长时间才能收回那些成本。
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- 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.
- Have you fully recovered from your illness?
- He looked surprised but soon recovered his self-possession.