recuperate

verb

🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they recuperate	🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/ 🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/
he / she / it recuperates	🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪts/ 🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪts/
past simple recuperated	🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/
past participle recuperated	🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/
-ing form recuperating	🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪŋ/

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[intransitive] recuperate (from something) to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc. 康复；恢复；恢复健康synonym recover
- He's still recuperating from his operation.他动了手术，还在恢复。🔊🔊
- After an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to recuperate.累了几个星期之后，我需要时间恢复一下。
Topics Illnessc2
[transitive] recuperate something to get back money that you have spent or lost收回；挽回（损失） synonym recoup, recover
- He hoped to recuperate at least some of his losses.他希望至少挽回一部分损失。🔊🔊

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recuperat- ‘regained’, from the verb recuperare, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.