recuperate

UK/rɪ'kuːpəreɪt/US/ri'kju:pәreit/

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Definitions

To recover from illness, exhaustion, or loss

康复，恢复健康；恢复（元气、损失）

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

re-again, back

cupertake, seize, hold

-ateto make, having

=recuperate

re- (back, again) + cuper- (from Latin recuperāre, built on the capere 'take' family) = 'to take back, regain.' To recuperate is to take back what illness or effort drained from you — your health, your strength. The cup-/cuper- spelling is another softened form of the cap- root, the same one hiding in occupy.

Root cap still carries 163 more words

Common Collocations

1.recuperate from illness从病中康复
2.time to recuperate休养的时间
3.fully recuperate完全康复

Example Sentences

1.
She took two weeks off to recuperate after surgery.
2.
He went to the countryside to recuperate from the stress.

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