mindmap root((恢复)) restore implies a return to consciousness, health, or vigor often by the use of remedies or treatments: hearing can sometimes be ~d by surgery. revive may imply recovery from a deathlike state, such as a stupor or faint: ~ him from a faint with cold water; but is widely applicable to restoration to a flourishing state: the showers ~d the withering crops. stupor神志不清恍惚deadening of senses,如apsed into a stupor following a night of drinking喝了一夜酒烂醉如泥(恍惚神志不清) revivify tends to suggest adding of new life and carries a weaker suggestion THAN revive of prior depletion: a good night's sleep ~ies the strongest person. resuscitate commonly implies a restoration to consciousness by arduous efforts to overcome a serious impairment: ~ a nearly drowned person with artificial respiration; and can suggest a restoring to vitality of someone or something in which life seems nearly or wholly extinct: labored to ~ her old interest in sports.