托福核心词汇15

141.metaphor

 美 [ˈmetəfər] 

noun

[C, U] 暗喻；隐喻 
a word or phrase used to describe sb/sth else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example She has a heart of stone ; the use of such words and phrases

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142.rehabilitate

美 [ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt] 

verb

使（重病患者）康复；使（长期服刑者）恢复正常生活 
to help sb to have a normal, useful life again after they have been very ill/sick or in prison for a long time

恢复…的名誉；给…平反昭雪 
to begin to consider that sb is good or acceptable after a long period during which they were considered bad or unacceptable

使（建筑物或地区）恢复原状；修复 
to return a building or an area to its previous good condition