Rehabilitate : (환자에게) 재활치료를 하다, 갱생치료를 하다, (장기 재소자의)사회복귀를 돕다, 명예[평판]을 회복시키다, (건물·지역을 원래의 좋은 상태로) 회복시키다, 복원시키다
Rehabilitation (rehab) : 재활, 갱생, 복위, 재흥
1)
when I hear this world rehabilitation, the first thing I think of is an alcoholic or a drug addict who has gone through a process of giving up drugs or giving up alcohol and returning to a healthy life
after three months in rehab, he was clearly much better
very often they call this word rehab for rehabilitation
a special hospital for rehab
notice, rehabilitation is uncountable noun.
a drug rehabiitation clinic
rehabilitate a criminal
the rehabilitation of criminals
in some constitutions, it is the state's obligation to try to rehabilitate offenders.
it's to help someone lead a good life again
the habilitation of violent criminals
you can also use this word rehabilitation, meaning to be able to use something properly again
if you break your leg or break your arm, it takes quite a long while to se well, it depends how young you are
rehabilitation clinic or rehabilitation programme with a physiotherapist to get back your strength and to rehabilitate your the muscles that have grown weak
to make something good for use again
the process of rehabilitating somebody or something
2)
we can also use this word rehabilitate, to talk about something that is considered acceptable agian after a period of time or where it's been rejected or not wanted
after the scandal, the politician was ostracized and he was put to one side and nobody spoke to him and he had no importance but after a number of years clearly he became rehabilitated
he tried to rehabilitate himself to re-establish, to reinstall himself as a person of importance
if you are severely criticized in the press, after a period of time maybe you try to rehabilitate your reputation
to restore it to good repute
to re-establish its good name
to rehabilitate somebody, to give back their priivileges after a long period of time where they've been out of favor
3)
many people ask about this word in the context of buildings
yes I guess you could rehabilitate a building but I would probably use the word revamp or restore
to rehabilitate a building is to bfing something back into a good state
the rundown area of the city were rehabilitated
to restore to its former condition
to renovate, to refurbish, to revamp
rehabilitate an area
rehabilitate the national economy
Formality : 6 - 6.5
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