restore: implies a return to consciousness, health, or vigor often by the use of remedies or treatments: hearing can sometimes be ~d by surgery.    （remedy  1、纠正改正补救to correct or improve something，如this situation is easily remedied这种情形易于补救，如they were determined to remedy the problem决心解决问题  2、治疗疗法a treatment or medicine to cure a disease or reduce pain that is not very serious，如a herbal remedy草药，如an excellent home remedy for sore throats治疗咽喉疼痛的极佳的家庭疗法）


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)     （复兴用这个词的近义词rejuvenation，如the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation中华民族伟大复兴, revival是复活复苏的意思，暗示之前好像死了或大病，如an economic revival经济复苏, a revival of interest in something恢复对某事的兴趣，但民族复兴不宜用这个词）


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.  （arduous艰难艰苦difficult and tiring, and involving a lot of effort，如arduous work/effort/task/journey艰苦的工作/努力/任务/旅行，和hard同义，有个老师说他怎么记都记不住，后来发现和hard同义，就忘不了了）   extinct物种灭绝，人死亡


restore恢复: 泛指恢复意识健康活力，多通过纠正治疗，revive复苏复兴: 指从恍惚昏迷（像是死亡的状态deathlike state）中恢复，但也泛指恢复繁荣兴旺，revivify恢复: 仅表示增强活力，不像revive那样表示之前生命耗尽，resuscitate救活苏醒: 指损伤严重或接近死亡，需巨大努力使恢复知觉活力


记忆方法: 1）首字母4R四人<==恢复

         2）恢复的意思是重获生机活力mean to regain or cause to regain signs of life and vigor.         (vigor偏指连续活动能力，vitality偏指生存繁衍能力，基本意思都是活力，一般难以区分或不必区分)