rehabilitate

Intermediatezipf 3.00

Pronunciation

/ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt/(ree-huh-BIL-ih-tayt)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

使康复；使恢复名誉；修复

Definition

To restore to health or normal life through training and therapy; to restore someone's reputation; to restore a building or area to good condition.

Word family

  • rehabilitation/ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/(n)康复

Collocations

  • rehabilitate offenders
  • rehabilitation centre
  • rehabilitate a building
  • rehabilitation programme
  • rehabilitate one's image

Examples

  1. 1.The rehabilitation programme helps former addicts reintegrate into society. (restore to health)
  2. 2.The disgraced politician spent years trying to rehabilitate his public image. (restore reputation)

Synonyms

  • restore/rɪˈstɔːr/— to bring back to a former condition
  • reform/rɪˈfɔːrm/— to make changes for the better — for people or systems
  • renovate/ˈrɛnəveɪt/— to repair and improve — for buildings

Etymology

from Latin "rehabilitare" — re- (again) + habilitare (to make fit) — "habilis" (able, fit) — to make fit again