recover: [14] Recover and recuperate [16] are ultimately the same word. Both come from Latin recuperāre ‘recover, regain’, a compound verb based on the stem cup- ‘take’ (a variant of which produced capere ‘take’, source of English captive, capture, etc). Recuperate itself was acquired directly from the Latin verb’s past participle, whereas recover was routed via Old French recoverer. (Re-cover ‘cover again’, spelled similarly but pronounced differently, also dates from the 14th century.) => captive, capture, recuperate
recover (v.)
c. 1300, "to regain consciousness," from Anglo-French rekeverer (13c.), Old French recovrer "come back, return; regain health; procure, get again" (11c.), from Medieval Latin recuperare "to recover" (source of Spanish recobrar, Italian ricoverare; see recuperation). Meaning "to regain health or strength" is from early 14c.; sense of "to get (anything) back" is first attested mid-14c. Related: Recovered; recovering.
双语例句
1. Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money.
正在进行诉讼以收回那笔钱。
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2. Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.
这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。
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3. We are taking advice on legal steps to recover the money.
我们正在就追回该款项所需的法律程序咨询律师。
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4. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs.
那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
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5. It took a moment for Mark to recover his poise.
